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RUMBLE
Definition of RUMBLE
noun
A low, heavy, continuous sound, such as that of thunder or a hungry stomach.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rumblen, romblen, rummelyn, frequentative form of romen (“to roar”), equivalent to rome + -le. Cognate with Dutch rommelen (“to rumble”), Low German rummeln (“to rumble”), German rumpeln (“to be noisy”), Danish rumle (“to rumble”), all of imitative origin. Compare typologically Russian громи́ть (gromítʹ), погро́м (pogróm), разгро́м (razgróm) (akin to гром (grom), греме́ть (gremétʹ), громыха́ть (gromyxátʹ)). Also compare гро́хнуть (gróxnutʹ) (akin to гро́хот (gróxot)).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUMBLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUMBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RUMBLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BELMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RUMBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found RUMBLE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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