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CLATTER
Definition of CLATTER
verb
To make a rattling sound.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14 century.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,042)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLATTER · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLATTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CLATTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACELRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CLATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CLATTER?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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