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DUMB
Definition of DUMB
adjective
Unable to speak; lacking power of speech.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, ineffectual”), from Old English dumb (“silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz (“dull, dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). The senses of stupid, unintellectual, and pointless, which are found regularly since the 19th century only, probably developed under the influence of German dumm and Dutch dom. Just like the English word, these originally meant "lacking the power of speech", but they developed the mentioned senses early on. Cognate with Scots dumb (“dumb, silent”), North Frisian dom, domme (“dumb, stupid”), West Frisian dom (“dumb, stupid”), Dutch dom (“dumb, stupid”), German dumm (“dumb, stupid”), Danish dum (“stupid”), Swedish dum (“stupid”), Icelandic dumbur (“dumb, mute”). See also deaf.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUMB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DUMB starts with D and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BDMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DUMB?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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