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TUMOR
Definition of TUMOR
noun
An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.
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.
TUMOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUMOR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read MORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TUMOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found TUMOR?
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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