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TWITCHER
Definition of TWITCHER
noun
Someone or something that twitches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From twitch + -er. The birdwatching sense first recorded in 1970 and recalled as being in use in 1968; claimed by R.E. Emmett to have arisen in 1950s Britain in reference to birder Howard Medhurst who often arrived at rare‑bird sites shivering after riding pillion on Emmett's motorcycle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TWITCH · 4 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.
TWITCHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TWITCHER starts with T and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHIRTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TWITCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TWITCHER?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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