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DUMBS
Definition of DUMBS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of dumb
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Word DNA
DUMBS inherits its ancestry from its root, DUMB.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (691)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUMB · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUMBS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUMBS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUMBS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found DUMBS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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