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CATCHIER

8 letters

Definition of CATCHIER

adjective

comparative form of catchy: more catchy

CATCHY

adjective

Instantly appealing and memorable.

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Word DNA

CATCHIER inherits its ancestry from its root, CATCH.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Anglo-Norman
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,613)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective

Same root, CATCH · 12 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English, Spanish.

Every Latin word → · 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.

CATCHIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First ever to find it

marikizzle

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

Built from these letters

CATCHIER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start CATCHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CATCHINGCATCHIESTCATCHINGSCATCHINESS

Could you have found CATCHIER?

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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