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SHIMMING
Definition of SHIMMING
verb
present participle and gerund of shim
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shim + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHIM · 5 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.
SHIMMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHIMMING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIIMMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHIMMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHIMMING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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