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SEEMS
Definition of SEEMS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of seem
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Word DNA
SEEMS inherits its ancestry from its root, SEEM.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, SEEM · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Old English, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEEMS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEEMS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SEEMS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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