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WATCHMAKING
Definition of WATCHMAKING
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From watch + making.
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.
WATCHMAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WATCHMAKING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGHIKMNTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WATCHMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WATCHMAKING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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