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LUMBER
Definition of LUMBER
noun
Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
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Where it comes from
Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England. Compare English lumpish.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (546)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUMB · 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.
LUMBER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LUMBER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BELMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LUMBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUMBER?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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