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TREMOR
Definition of TREMOR
noun
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TREMOR · 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.
TREMOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TREMOR starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EMORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TREMOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TREMOR?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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