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SEAMSTER
Definition of SEAMSTER
noun
A person who sews clothes professionally.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English semster, semestre, from Old English sēamestre (“seamstress”), equivalent to seam + -ster. Cognate with Scots semistar, semstar (“seamstress”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEAMSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SEAMSTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEMRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEAMST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEAMSTER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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