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SUMMERSET
Definition of SUMMERSET
noun
Archaic spelling of somersault.
SOMERSAULT
noun
Starting on one's feet, an instance of rotating one's body 360 degrees while airborne or on the ground, with one's feet passing over one's head.
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Word DNA
SUMMERSET inherits its ancestry from its root, SOMERSAULT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old Occitan
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOMERSAULT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUMMERSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 72 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
SUMMERSET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEMMRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, M and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SUMMER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUMMERSET?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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