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BOTCHEDLY
Definition of BOTCHEDLY
adverb
In a botched manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From botched + -ly.
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.
BOTCHEDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTCHEDLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCDEHLOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOTCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BOTCHEDLY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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