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FUMOUS
Definition of FUMOUS
adjective
Of or resembling fumes or smoke.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fumous, from Latin fūmōsus, equivalent to fume + -ous.
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.
FUMOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FUMOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FMOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FUMOUS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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