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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,181)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
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 57 boards so far. 292 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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