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GUMMY
Definition of GUMMY
adjective
Showing the gums.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -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.
GUMMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 125 days.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GUMMY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GMMUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found GUMMY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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