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GLUM
Definition of GLUM
adjective
Despondent; moody; sullen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Middle Low German glum (“glum”), related to German dialectal glumm (“gloomy, troubled, turbid”). More at gloomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Low German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (80)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLUM · 2 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.
GLUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GLUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GLUM?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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