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BOTHER
Definition of BOTHER
verb
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).
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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.
BOTHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOTHER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEHORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BOTHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found BOTHER?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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