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UMBER
Definition of UMBER
noun
A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French ombre (“umber”), from terre d'ombre (“dark ochre”), from Old French umbre (“shade, shadow”), from Latin umbra. Doublet of umbra.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UMBER · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UMBER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 217 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UMBER starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UMBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found UMBER?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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