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OAKUM
Definition of OAKUM
noun
Coarse fibres separated by hackling from flax or hemp when preparing the latter for spinning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English okom, okome (“oakum”) [and other forms], from Old English ācumba (“oakum”, literally “that which has been combed out, off-combings”) [and other forms], from ācemban (“to comb out”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (from Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-, *ūd- (“out; up”), or *h₂ew- (“away from, off”)) + *kambijaną (“to comb”) (ultimately from *ǵómbʰos (“row of teeth; tooth; peg”), *ǵembʰ- (“nail; tooth; to gnaw through; to pierce”)). See also out and comb.
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.
OAKUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OAKUM starts with O and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AKMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found OAKUM?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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