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GRUMMER

/ˈɡɹʌmɚ/7 letters

Definition of GRUMMER

adjective

comparative form of grum: more grum

GRUM

adjective

Morose, stern, surly, sullen.

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Word DNA

GRUMMER inherits its ancestry from its root, GRUM.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,769)

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, GRUM · 1 relative in the game

Its etymology also names Danish, Swedish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GRUMMER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

mrheemPATRON

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRUMMER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRUMMER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGMMRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and M appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GRUMME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GRUMMETGRUMMESTGRUMMETSGRUMMETEDGRUMMETING

Could you have found GRUMMER?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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