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NUMPTY
Definition of NUMPTY
noun
An idiot, dolt or fool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots numpty (“fool, idiot”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (340)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUMPTY · 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.
NUMPTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUMPTY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read MNPTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found NUMPTY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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