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GUMBOILS
Definition of GUMBOILS
noun
plural of gumboil
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Word DNA
GUMBOILS inherits its ancestry from its root, GUMBOIL.
How it is built
Same root, GUMBOIL · 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.
GUMBOILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUMBOILS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGILMOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found GUMBOILS?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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