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STAGGER
Definition of STAGGER
noun
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stageren, a variant of stakeren ("to walk unsteadily, stagger"; whence modern dialectal English stacker (“to totter, reel, stagger”)), from Old Norse stakra (“to stagger, sway, waver, swing, wobble”), frequentative of Old Norse staka (“to push, knock, bump into, stumble”). Cognate with Danish stagre (“to stagger”), West Flemish staggeren (“to stagger”), Dutch staggelen (“to stagger”), German staggeln (“to stammer, stagger”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,287)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STAGGER · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STAGGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAGGER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGGRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STAGGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAGGER?
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