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FUMBLIER
Definition of FUMBLIER
adjective
comparative form of fumbly: more fumbly
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Word DNA
FUMBLIER inherits its ancestry from its root, FUMBLE.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- German
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (750)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUMBLE · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Old Norse, Proto-Indo-European, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUMBLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUMBLIER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEFILMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUMBLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUMBLIER?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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