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DIMMABLE
Definition of DIMMABLE
adjective
Able to be dimmed: able to have illumination decreased in brightness without blowing out or degrading the service life of the LED or light bulb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dim + -able.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DIM · 6 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.
DIMMABLE 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 3 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
DIMMABLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEILMM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DIMMABLE?
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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