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CATCHER

/ˈkæt͡ʃə/7 letters

Definition of CATCHER

noun

Someone or something that catches.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From catch + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-er

Same root, CATCH · 4 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CATCHER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 147
Its one board, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

chai

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CATCHER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CATCHER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

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 CATCHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CATCHER?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

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