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THIMBLE
Definition of THIMBLE
noun
A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English thymbyll, thimel (“thimble”) [and other forms], from Old English þȳmel (“thimble, thumbstall; fingerstall”), then either: The English word is analysable as thumb + -le (suffix forming agent nouns), and is cognate with Dutch duimeling (“thumbstall”), German Däumling (“thumbstall”), German Low German Dümelke (“thumbstall”), Saterland Frisian Düümelke (“thumbstall”), Scots thummle, thumble (“thimble”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (345)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THIMBLE · 6 relatives 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.
THIMBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 240 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
THIMBLE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEHILMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THIMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found THIMBLE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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