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SPUMY
Definition of SPUMY
adjective
frothy, emitting froth or spume
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spume + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPUME · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPUMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPUMY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read MPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SPUMY?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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