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CATERER
Definition of CATERER
noun
A person employed to obtain and maintain the storage of provisions, especially food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cater + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CAT · 28 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.
CATERER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CATERER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEERRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CATERE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CATERER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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