The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
THUMBIEST
Definition of THUMBIEST
adjective
superlative form of thumby: most thumby
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
THUMBIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, THUMB.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,153)
How it is built
Same root, THUMB · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Sanskrit, Swedish and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THUMBIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THUMBIEST starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEHIMSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start THUMBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THUMBIEST?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER