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GLAUM
Definition of GLAUM
verb
To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.
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Where it comes from
Alteration of dialectal clam, claum (“to grope or grasp ineffectually, snatch”), from Middle English *clammen, *clemmen, from Old English clæmman, clemman, from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną. In some senses, likely influenced by clamber. Compare dialectal glaump, glamp (“to grasp, snatch at, clutch, grope", also "gulp”), Scots clam, claum (“to grope or grasp ineffectually, snatch”), Norwegian klemme (“to seize with claws”), Middle High German klemmen (“to squeeze”). Doublet of glom. Related also to English clamp.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLAUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GLAUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GLAUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
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