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HUMDRUM
Definition of HUMDRUM
adjective
Lacking variety or excitement; dull; boring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Sound-symbolic, possible reduplication of hum, 1550s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HUMDRUM · 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.
HUMDRUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUMDRUM starts with H and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DHMMRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and M appear more than once.
Words that start HUMDRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUMDRUM?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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