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SEAMER
Definition of SEAMER
noun
A person who sews seams.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English semer, semere, from Old English sēamere (“tailor; seamer”), equivalent to seam + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEAM · 3 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.
SEAMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SEAMER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEAMER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found SEAMER?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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