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GLUMACEOUS
Definition of GLUMACEOUS
adjective
Having or consisting of glumes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French glumancé. See glume and -aceous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLUMACEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLUMACEOUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGLMOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found GLUMACEOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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