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CLAMMING
Definition of CLAMMING
verb
present participle and gerund of clam
noun
A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
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Word DNA
CLAMMING inherits its ancestry from its root, CLAM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,869)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLAM · 10 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.
CLAMMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAMMING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGILMMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CLAMMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLAMMING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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