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JUMP
Definition of JUMP
verb
To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English jumpen (“to walk quickly, run, jump”), probably of Middle Low German or North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gumpōną ~ *gumbōną (“to hop, skip, bounce”), an iterative verb. The OED suggests an imitative origin. Related to jumble. In the sense “to propel oneself” it displaced leap partially and spring largely. Cognate with German Low German jumpen (“to jump”), archaic German gumpen (“to jump, hop, bounce”), dialectal German gampen (“to hop”), Alemannic German gumpe (“to leap, jump”), Walser dialect kumpu, Old Norse gopta (“to jump; make jump”) Danish gumpe (“to jolt”), Swedish gumpa (“to jump”), Danish gimpe (“to move up and down”), Middle English jumpren, jumbren (“to mix, jumble”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
JUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
JUMP starts with J and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read JMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found JUMP?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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