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WAMPUM
Definition of WAMPUM
noun
Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells (especially white ones) which have been strung together, formerly used by Native American peoples of eastern North America for various purposes including as jewellery and money, and for record-keeping; one such bead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of wampumpeag (“wampum”), probably borrowed from Massachusett wampompeage (“string of white beads used as money”). Compare peag (“string of white beads used as money”), also a clipping of wampumpeag. Sense 3 (“common kingsnake”) is from the similarity of the snake’s appearance to a string of wampum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WAMPUM · 1 relative 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.
WAMPUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAMPUM starts with W and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AMMPUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start WAMPUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WAMPUM?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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