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GLUMIFEROUS
Definition of GLUMIFEROUS
adjective
Bearing a glume.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From glume + -i- + -ferous.
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.
GLUMIFEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLUMIFEROUS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFGILMORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found GLUMIFEROUS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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