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BATHER

/ˈbeɪðə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of BATHER

noun

One who bathes (cleans oneself with water, for example in a bathtub).

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Where it comes from

From bathe + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

Same root, BATHE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BATHER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 11 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
67
First board
137
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First found by a player on Day 67, 26 July 2026.

Built from these letters

BATHER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BATHER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start BATHER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BATHER?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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