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RUMBLED
Definition of RUMBLED
verb
simple past and past participle of rumble
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Word DNA
RUMBLED inherits its ancestry from its root, RUMBLE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUMBLE · 8 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.
RUMBLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUMBLED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDELMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 RUMBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found RUMBLED?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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