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SUMMER
Definition of SUMMER
noun
One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English somer, sumer, from Old English sumor m, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar m, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz m, derived from Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- (“summer”). Cognate with Scots somer, sumer, simer, West Frisian simmer, Saterland Frisian Suumer, Dutch zomer, Low German Sommer, German Sommer, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål sommer, Swedish sommar, Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic sumar; Welsh haf, Armenian ամ (am, “year”), ամառ (amaṙ, “summer”), Sanskrit समा (sámā, “a half-year, season, weather, year”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬨 (ham-), Middle Persian ḥʾmyn (hāmīn), Northern Kurdish havîn, Central Kurdish ھاوین (hawîn).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, SUMMER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Persian, Sanskrit, Scots, Swedish and 1 more.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUMMER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUMMER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EMMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SUMMER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUMMER?
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