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EMBROIDER
Definition of EMBROIDER
verb
To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English embrouderen, frequentative of embrouden (“to decorate, embroider”), equivalent to embroid + -er. Middle English embrouden itself comes from Anglo-Norman embrouder, from Old French embrosder (“to embroider”), ultimately of Germanic origin, though the exact pathway is uncertain. Possibly an intensive of Old French brosder, brouder (compare Norman broudaïr), from Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌶𐌳𐍉𐌽 (*bruzdōn), related to English bristle and brad. Alternatively, perhaps from Frankish *anbroʀdōn (“to embroider, stitch”), related to Old High German anabrortōn (“to embroider”), Old English onbryrdan (“to prick, incite”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,839)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMBROID · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Frankish, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBROIDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBROIDER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BDEEIMORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start EMBROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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