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SUMP
Definition of SUMP
noun
A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SUMP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read MPSU - 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 SUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found SUMP?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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