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GUMP
Definition of GUMP
noun
Clipping of gumption
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
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.
GUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GUMP starts with G and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read GMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUMP?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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