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FRUMPLING
Definition of FRUMPLING
verb
present participle and gerund of frumple
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Word DNA
FRUMPLING inherits its ancestry from its root, FRUMPLE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FRUMPLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRUMPLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FRUMPLING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGILMNPRU - 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 33
Could you have found FRUMPLING?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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