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BOOTMAKERS
Definition of BOOTMAKERS
noun
plural of bootmaker
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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.
BOOTMAKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOTMAKERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEKMOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOTMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOOTMAKERS?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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