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SHUDDERING
Definition of SHUDDERING
verb
present participle and gerund of shudder
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Word DNA
SHUDDERING inherits its ancestry from its root, SHUDDER.
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
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,162)
branch · 22.6% 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.
SHUDDERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 32 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 4 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
SHUDDERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDEGHINRSU - 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 SHUDDERING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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