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THIMBLERIGS
Definition of THIMBLERIGS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
THIMBLERIGS inherits its ancestry from its root, THIMBLERIG.
How it is built
Same root, THIMBLERIG · 2 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.
THIMBLERIGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THIMBLERIGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEGHIILMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start THIMBLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THIMBLERIGS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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