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LUMP
Definition of LUMP
noun
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
LUMP starts with L and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read LMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUMP?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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