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SOMBRERO
Definition of SOMBRERO
noun
A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish sombrero (“hat”), from sombra (“shadow, shade”) + -ero, literally, "shade-maker". The drink was named after the hat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.6%
of traced words share this origin (411)
branch · 15.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOMBRERO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SOMBRERO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BEMOORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and R appear more than once.
Words that start SOMBRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOMBRERO?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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