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THIMBLERIG
Definition of THIMBLERIG
noun
A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
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Where it comes from
From thimble + rig.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THIMBLERIG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THIMBLERIG starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGHIILMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start THIMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found THIMBLERIG?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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