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GLOMMING
Definition of GLOMMING
verb
present participle and gerund of glom
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Word DNA
GLOMMING inherits its ancestry from its root, GLOM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,816)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLOM · 7 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.
GLOMMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
GLOMMING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGILMMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GLOMMING?
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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