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FRUMPY
Definition of FRUMPY
adjective
Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either from frump or from Middle English frumple + -y.
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.
FRUMPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 145 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FRUMPY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FMPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found FRUMPY?
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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