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POTHERING
Definition of POTHERING
verb
present participle and gerund of pother
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Word DNA
POTHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, POTHER.
How it is built
Same root, POTHER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POTHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTHERING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POTHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POTHERING?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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