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SOMBRER

7 letters

Definition of SOMBRER

adjective

comparative form of sombre: more sombre

SOMBRE

adjective

Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit.

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Word DNA

SOMBRER inherits its ancestry from its root, SOMBRE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,817)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompoundsub-

Same root, SOMBRE · 8 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Spanish.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SOMBRER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

cancross

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SOMBRER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SOMBRER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEMORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Words that start SOMBRE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SOMBRESOMBREDSOMBRESSOMBRELYSOMBREROSOMBRESTSOMBREROSSOMBRENESSSOMBRERITESOMBRERITES

Could you have found SOMBRER?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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