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UMLAUTING
Definition of UMLAUTING
verb
present participle and gerund of umlaut
noun
An assimilatory process whereby a vowel is pronounced more like a following vocoid that is separated by one or more consonants.
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Word DNA
UMLAUTING inherits its ancestry from its root, UMLAUT.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (905)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UMLAUT · 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.
UMLAUTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMLAUTING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILMNTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UMLAUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found UMLAUTING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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