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HUMPHS
Definition of HUMPHS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of humph
interjection
A sound, usually made with a closed mouth pouting, indicating annoyance, indignation, disapproval, doubt, or sighing.
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Word DNA
HUMPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, HUMPH.
How it is built
Same root, HUMPH · 2 relatives 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.
HUMPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUMPHS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HHMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Could you have found HUMPHS?
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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