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MUMBLECORE
Definition of MUMBLECORE
noun
An American independent film movement or subgenre of the early twenty-first century, characterised by low-budget production, focus on personal relationships between twentysomethings, improvised scripts, and non-professional actors.
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Where it comes from
From mumble + -core, coined by sound editor Eric Masunaga.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MUMBLE · 9 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.
MUMBLECORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUMBLECORE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEELMMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and E appear more than once.
Words that start MUMBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUMBLECORE?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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