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FIMBLE

/ˈfɪmbl̩/6 letters

Definition of FIMBLE

verb

To fumble; do (anything) imperfectly or irresolutely.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a dialectal variant of fumble.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

FIMBLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 11 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
39
First board
110
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

esterchlorophyl

on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FIMBLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FIMBLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEFILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FIMBLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FIMBLE?

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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.

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