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SCHLUMPY
Definition of SCHLUMPY
adjective
Looking like a schlump; slovenly or unbecoming
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From schlump + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHLUMPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 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
bigskygal17SUPPORTERContributor
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHLUMPY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHLMPSUY - 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 50
Could you have found SCHLUMPY?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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