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BADMOUTH
Definition of BADMOUTH
verb
To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
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Where it comes from
Calque of a Mande term, perhaps Vai [Term?] or Mandinka [Term?], which entered English via Gullah [Term?]. Compare Japanese 悪口(わるぐち) (waruguchi, “badmouthing”), which is a compound of 悪(わる) (waru, “bad, wicked”) and 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BADMOUTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BADMOUTH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABDHMOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BADMOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found BADMOUTH?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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