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GRUMBLED
Definition of GRUMBLED
verb
simple past and past participle of grumble
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Word DNA
GRUMBLED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRUMBLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (107)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRUMBLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Norwegian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRUMBLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRUMBLED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEGLMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRUMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found GRUMBLED?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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