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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).
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 21 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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