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GAZUMPS
Definition of GAZUMPS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of gazump
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Word DNA
GAZUMPS inherits its ancestry from its root, GAZUMP.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (215)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAZUMP · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GAZUMPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAZUMPS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGMPSUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start GAZUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GAZUMPS?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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