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RUMOUR
Definition of RUMOUR
noun
UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
noun
A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumour, rumor, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rewH- (“to shout, roar”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, RUMOUR · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUMOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUMOUR starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read MORRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and U appear more than once.
Words that start RUMOUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUMOUR?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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