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STRUMMING
Definition of STRUMMING
verb
present participle and gerund of strum
verb
To play (a guitar or other stringed instrument) by plucking various strings simultaneously.
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Word DNA
STRUMMING inherits its ancestry from its root, STRUM.
How it is built
Same root, STRUM · 3 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.
STRUMMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRUMMING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIMMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STRUMM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRUMMING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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