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VERKLEMPT
Definition of VERKLEMPT
adjective
Overcome with emotion, choked up.
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Other senses
VERKLEMPT carries 2 further meanings.
adjective
overwhelmed, flustered, nervous
adjective
excited, overjoyed, happy
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish פֿאַרקלעמט (farklemt, “depressed, distraught; choked up”). The English spelling was influenced by the German prefix ver- corresponding to Yiddish פֿאַר־ (far-). German verklemmt (“uptight”, literally “jammed”) is formally cognate, but semantically unrelated; a closer match is beklommen (“anxious, despondent”). Popularized by a 1990s sketch comedy series.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (905)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
VERKLEMPT in a sentence
“On a positive note, she just defined the word "verklempt" to all of middle America.”
Live-Blogging The Golden Globes With MTV News’ Jim Cantiello » MTV Movies Blog, 2009
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERKLEMPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VERKLEMPT starts with V and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEKLMPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found VERKLEMPT?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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