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BARTENDER
Definition of BARTENDER
noun
One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
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Where it comes from
From bar + tender.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BARTEND · 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.
BARTENDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BARTENDER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABDEENRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start BARTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BARTENDER?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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