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SHUDDER
Definition of SHUDDER
verb
To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schoderen, schuderen, possibly from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre, Swedish skudda. Alternatively, possibly from an unrecorded Old English *sċudrian, an iterative variant to Old English sċūdan (“to shudder, quake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skudrōn (“to shake, tremble”), from the same source as the Middle Dutch and Middle Low German terms above.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Swedish
- Danish
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Middle Low German
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,137)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHUDDER · 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.
SHUDDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHUDDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEHRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHUDDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHUDDER?
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