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UMBRE

5 letters

Definition of UMBRE

adjective

Obsolete form of umber.

UMBER

noun

A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

Same root, UMBRE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UMBRE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 152
Its 29 boards, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
29
Boards found on
34
First board
150
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

molly

on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UMBRE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UMBRE starts with U and ends with E. 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 UMBRE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UMBRELUMBRESUMBRELSUMBREREUMBRELLAUMBRELLOUMBRERESUMBRETTEUMBRELLASUMBRELLOSUMBRETTESUMBRELLAED

Could you have found UMBRE?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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