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FRUMPLE
Definition of FRUMPLE
verb
To wrinkle; crumple; ruffle; disorder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English frumplen, cognate with Dutch frommelen (“to wrinkle”). Related to frump, frumpy, frumpish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRUMPLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FRUMPLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFLMPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRUMPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found FRUMPLE?
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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