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FATHOMER
Definition of FATHOMER
noun
One who fathoms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fathom + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FATHOMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FATHOMER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFHMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FATHOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FATHOMER?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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