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FRUMP
Definition of FRUMP
noun
A frumpy person, somebody who is unattractive, drab or dowdy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably a contraction of late Middle English frumpylle (“wrinkle”), from Middle Dutch verrompelen, originally equivalent to for- + rump + -le.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (449)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRUMP · 5 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.
FRUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 116 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRUMP starts with F and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read FMPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found FRUMP?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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