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BOTCHER
Definition of BOTCHER
noun
A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bocchere, bochchare, equivalent to botch + -er.
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.
BOTCHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTCHER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BCEHORT - 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 27
Could you have found BOTCHER?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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