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SCRUMPING
Definition of SCRUMPING
verb
present participle and gerund of scrump
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Another sense
SCRUMPING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of scrump.
Word DNA
SCRUMPING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRUMP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRUMP · 3 relatives in the game
SCRUMPING in a sentence
“In actuality we were what the Brits call "scrumping," or in other words, taking apples from trees we didn't own — a fast-growing trend in urban London and throughout the U.K. Karen Liebreich, Abundance London Children during an urban harvest in London this year.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRUMPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCRUMPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIMNPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCRUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found SCRUMPING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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