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TUMULOSE

/tjuːmjʊləʊz/8 letters

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).

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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.

Day 1Day 123
Its one board, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
70
First board
53
Days since seen

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

impatiens

on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TUMULOSE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

TUMULOUSTUMULOSITY

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