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RUMP
Definition of RUMP
noun
The hindquarters of a four-legged mammal, not including its legs
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rumpe, from Old Norse rumpr (“rump”), from Middle Low German rump (“the bulk or trunk of a body, trunk of a tree”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rumpō (“trunk of a tree, log”). The ultimate origin could be related to Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to wrinkle”) (Dutch rimpel and German rümpfen (“to wrinkle”)); outside of Germanic, compare Ancient Greek ῥάμφος (rhámphos, “crooked beak”). Cognate with Icelandic rumpur (“rump”), Swedish rumpa (“rump”), Dutch romp (“trunk, body, hull”), German Rumpf (“hull, trunk, torso, trunk”). In the sense of remnant, first attested in the Rump Parliament of 1648; its original meaning here was a reference to the rotten, unclean hindquarters of an animal, gradually morphing to refer to the "remnant" aspect of the Parliament rather than its perceived unsavory nature.
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.
RUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUMP starts with R and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read MPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found RUMP?
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