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STUMPERS
Definition of STUMPERS
noun
plural of stumper
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Word DNA
STUMPERS inherits its ancestry from its root, STUMP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,066)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STUMP · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STUMPERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STUMPERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EMPRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found STUMPERS?
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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