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GRUMBLY
Definition of GRUMBLY
adjective
Given to grumbling
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From grumble + -y.
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.
GRUMBLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRUMBLY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGLMRUY - 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 31
Could you have found GRUMBLY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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