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TUMULOSE
Definition of TUMULOSE
adjective
Alternative form of tumulous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”) (whence -ose), tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus, from tumeō (“to swell”).
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.
TUMULOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUMULOSE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELMOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start TUMULO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUMULOSE?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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