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SWIMMER
Definition of SWIMMER
noun
One who swims.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English swimmere, equivalent to swim + -er. The dumplings are so called because they are often served in stew.
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
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,258)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWIMMER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWIMMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 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
SWIMMER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIMMRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SWIMME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWIMMER?
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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