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STUMBLING
Definition of STUMBLING
verb
present participle and gerund of stumble
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STUMBLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STUMBLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGILMNSTU - 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 STUMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found STUMBLING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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