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CATCHWORD
Definition of CATCHWORD
noun
A word at the end of a book page that repeats the first word from the following page. (Such words served as aids to the bookbinder (to check rapidly for correct placement of leaves) and were also viewed by some readers as aids to smooth reading.)
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Where it comes from
From catch + word.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CATCHWORD · 1 relative 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.
CATCHWORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CATCHWORD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACCDHORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CATCHW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATCHWORD?
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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