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THUMBLING
Definition of THUMBLING
noun
A tiny, thumb-sized person; manikin
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thumb + -ling. Compare Dutch duimeling, Middle Low German dûmelinc, dûmelink, German Däumling. Compare also Icelandic þumlungur (“thumb; inch”) (measurement).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THUMB · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THUMBLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
THUMBLING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGHILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THUMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found THUMBLING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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