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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).
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 23 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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