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DUMPLING
Definition of DUMPLING
noun
A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle. Specifically, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
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Where it comes from
A folk word, first attested in c. 1600s, apparently from a Norfolk (East Anglian) dialect, of uncertain origin:
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DUMPLE · 2 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.
DUMPLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 1, 22 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUMPLING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGILMNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found DUMPLING?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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