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SCHLUMPED
Definition of SCHLUMPED
verb
simple past and past participle of schlump
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Word DNA
SCHLUMPED inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHLUMP.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (61)
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.
SCHLUMPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHLUMPED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHLMPSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SCHLUMPED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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