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SUCCUMB
Definition of SUCCUMB
verb
To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French succomber, from Latin succumbō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUCCUMB · 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.
SUCCUMB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SUCCUMB starts with S and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BCCMSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SUCCUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUCCUMB?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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