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DUMDUM
Definition of DUMDUM
noun
A soft-nosed or hollow point bullet, or a lead bullet incised on the tip with a cross, which expands on impact to cause a greater than normal wound or impact site.
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Where it comes from
From Dum Dum, a city in India where the type of bullet was developed, from Hindi दम दम (dam dam) (Bengali দমদম (domodom)), from Hindi दमदमा (damadmā, “tenaille, a raised mound or battery”).
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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.
DUMDUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DUMDUM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DDMMUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, U and M appear more than once.
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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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