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WATCHMAKER
Definition of WATCHMAKER
noun
A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains watches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From watch + maker. Compare clockmaker.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WATCHMAKER · 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.
WATCHMAKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 95, 23 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
WATCHMAKER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACEHKMRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WATCHM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATCHMAKER?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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