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DUMFOUNDS
Definition of DUMFOUNDS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of dumfound
DUMBFOUND · via dumfound
verb
To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DUMFOUND · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUMFOUNDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUMFOUNDS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDFMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and U appear more than once.
Words that start DUMFOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DUMFOUNDS?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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