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UMPTEEN
Definition of UMPTEEN
determiner
Relatively large but unspecified in number.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ump (“a colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) + -teen. Unrelated to ump as in umpire, and simply a mnemonic rhyming aid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UMPTEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UMPTEEN starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEMNPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start UMPTEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found UMPTEEN?
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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