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BATHOS
Definition of BATHOS
noun
Overdone or treacly attempts to inspire pathos.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βάθος (báthos, “depth”). Employed ironically following Alexander Pope's Peri Bathous, lampooning various errors in contemporary writers.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BATHOS · 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.
BATHOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 207 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BATHOS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABHOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BATHOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found BATHOS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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