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DULCIMERS
Definition of DULCIMERS
noun
plural of dulcimer
noun
A stringed instrument, with strings stretched across a sounding board, usually trapezoidal, played by plucking on the strings (traditionally with a quill) or by tapping on them (in the case of the hammer dulcimers).
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Another sense
DULCIMERS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of dulcimer.
Word DNA
DULCIMERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DULCIMER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DULCIMER · 1 relative in the game
DULCIMERS in a sentence
“We've compiled almost one hour of holiday music played on cigar box guitars, ukuleles, dulcimers and more.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DULCIMERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DULCIMERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEILMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DULCIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DULCIMERS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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