The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PUMP
Definition of PUMP
noun
A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pumpe, possibly from Middle Dutch pompe (“pipe, water conduit”) or Middle Low German pumpe (“pump”), probably ultimately imitative. Compare Dutch pompen, German pumpen, and Danish pompe; also Spanish bomba (“pump”).
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.
PUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PUMP starts with P and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read MPPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUMP?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER