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SCHLUMP
Definition of SCHLUMP
noun
Someone who is lazy, slovenly, or dull-looking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish שלומפּ (shlump, “stupid, foolish, or inept person”). Compare obsolete German Schlumpe (modern Schlampe).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (60)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHLUMP · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHLUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHLUMP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CHLMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCHLUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCHLUMP?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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