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SERIEMA
Definition of SERIEMA
noun
Either of two species of bird in the family Cariamidae within the order Cariamiformes, endemic to South America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese seriema, from Old Tupi seriema. The spellings with ⟨ca⟩ and ⟨ça⟩ were borrowed quasi-directly through Historia Naturalis Brasiliae.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (274)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SERIEMA · 2 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.
SERIEMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SERIEMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEEIMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SERIEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SERIEMA?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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