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FUME
Definition of FUME
noun
A gas or vapour/vapor that is strong-smelling or dangerous to inhale.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fume, from Old French fum (“smoke, steam, vapour”), from Latin fūmus (“vapour, smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”), from *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Doublet of thymus and thymos. More at dun, dusk, dust.
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.
FUME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 2, 23 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUME starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found FUME?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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