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MUMPING
Definition of MUMPING
verb
present participle and gerund of mump
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Word DNA
MUMPING inherits its ancestry from its root, MUMP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
37th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (130)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MUMP · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MUMPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MUMPING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIMMNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Could you have found MUMPING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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