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STUMPING
Definition of STUMPING
verb
present participle and gerund of stump
noun
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
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Word DNA
STUMPING inherits its ancestry from its root, STUMP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STUMP · 3 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.
STUMPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STUMPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIMNPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STUMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found STUMPING?
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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