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BOTHERING
Definition of BOTHERING
adjective
That bothers; annoying, irritating.
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Word DNA
BOTHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, BOTHER.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (338)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOTHER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Irish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOTHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOTHERING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGHINORT - 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 20
Could you have found BOTHERING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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