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YUMP
Definition of YUMP
verb
To leave the ground briefly when driving over a ridge at high speed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From jump, as mispronounced by Scandinavians, according to a book by Tony Gardiner.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YUMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
YUMP starts with Y and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read MPUY - 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 YUMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found YUMP?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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