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MUMPS
Definition of MUMPS
noun
A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MUMP · 6 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.
MUMPS 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 7 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
MUMPS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read MMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MUMPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MUMPS?
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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