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UMBERING
Definition of UMBERING
verb
present participle and gerund of umber
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Word DNA
UMBERING inherits its ancestry from its root, UMBER.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UMBER · 3 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.
UMBERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMBERING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found UMBERING?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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