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GUMMED

/ɡʌmd/6 letters

Definition of GUMMED

adjective

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Word DNA

GUMMED inherits its ancestry from its root, GUM.

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 (11,595)

How it is built

adjective1 syllablekoy-

Same root, GUM · 13 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and 2 more.

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

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

GUMMED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 164
Its one board, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
161
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

daisygirlPATRON

on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GUMMED
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GUMMED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGMMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found GUMMED?

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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.

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