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SHIMMER
Definition of SHIMMER
verb
To shine tremulously or intermittently; to gleam faintly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schimeren, from Old English sċymrian, sċimrian, sċimerian, from Proto-Germanic *skimarōną. Cognate with Dutch schemeren, German schimmern.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHIMMER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHIMMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIMMER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIMMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHIMME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIMMER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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