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SCRUMPS
Definition of SCRUMPS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of scrump
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Word DNA
SCRUMPS inherits its ancestry from its root, SCRUMP.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCRUMP · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCRUMPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCRUMPS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CMPRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SCRUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCRUMPS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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