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BOATMAN
Definition of BOATMAN
noun
A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat + -man.
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.
BOATMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOATMAN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found BOATMAN?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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