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RUMFUSTIAN
Definition of RUMFUSTIAN
noun
A hot alcoholic drink traditionally made from sherry, eggs, etc. and now made from rum and various spices.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUMFUSTIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 101, 29 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RUMFUSTIAN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFIMNRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start RUMFUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUMFUSTIAN?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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