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HUMPINESS
Definition of HUMPINESS
noun
The quality of being humpy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From humpy + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HUMP · 12 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.
HUMPINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HUMPINESS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIMNPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HUMPIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HUMPINESS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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