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AMATEUR
Definition of AMATEUR
noun
A lover of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amāre (“to love”).
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.
AMATEUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
AMATEUR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAEMRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AMATEU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found AMATEUR?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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