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BOTTLED
Definition of BOTTLED
verb
simple past and past participle of bottle
noun
A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From bottle + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOTTLE · 5 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.
BOTTLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOTTLED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDELOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BOTTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOTTLED?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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