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WAMPUMS
Definition of WAMPUMS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
WAMPUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, WAMPUM.
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.
WAMPUMS 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
WAMPUMS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AMMPSUW - 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 WAMPUMS?
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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