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GLAUMING
Definition of GLAUMING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
GLAUMING inherits its ancestry from its root, GLAUM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,952)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLAUM · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLAUMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLAUMING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGGILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found GLAUMING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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