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FRUMPLES
Definition of FRUMPLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of frumple
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Word DNA
FRUMPLES inherits its ancestry from its root, FRUMPLE.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRUMPLE · 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.
FRUMPLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FRUMPLES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFLMPRSU - 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 49
Could you have found FRUMPLES?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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