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BOTHERATIONS
Definition of BOTHERATIONS
noun
plural of botheration
BOTHERATION
interjection
A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
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Word DNA
BOTHERATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, BOTH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,052)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOTH · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOTHERATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTHERATIONS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEHINOORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start BOTHERAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOTHERATIONS?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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