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GRUM
Definition of GRUM
adjective
Morose, stern, surly, sullen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English grom, from Old English grom, gram (“angry, wrathful”), from Proto-Germanic *gramaz (“angry, bearing a grudge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to thunder, rub, tear, scratch”). Probably influenced in form by glum. Compare also Danish grum (“cruel, atrocious, fell”), Swedish grym (“cruel, furious, terrible”). See also grim, gram, grump.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
GRUM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found GRUM?
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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