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RESUME
Definition of RESUME
verb
To take back possession of (something)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman resumer, Middle French resumer, from Latin resumere, from re- + sumere (“to take”).
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.
RESUME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESUME starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RESUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESUME?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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