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BOTCHINESS
Definition of BOTCHINESS
noun
The state of being botchy
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From botchy + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOTCH · 13 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.
BOTCHINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTCHINESS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEHINOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOTCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOTCHINESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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