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GUMBO
Definition of GUMBO
noun
Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Louisiana French gombo, possibly via Louisiana Creole gombo, from Kimbundu ingombo, plural of kingombo (“okra”); compare Portuguese quingombó.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (112)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUMBO · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUMBO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 229 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 4, 25 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUMBO starts with G and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BGMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUMBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found GUMBO?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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