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WATCHMAKINGS
Definition of WATCHMAKINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for WATCHMAKINGS itself. This is its base word, WATCHMAKING.
noun
The making (and repairing) of watches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WATCHMAKING.
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.
WATCHMAKINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 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 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATCHMAKINGS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACGHIKMNSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WATCHMAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATCHMAKINGS?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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