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WATCHMAN
Definition of WATCHMAN
noun
A man set to watch: a man who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night; any such person of any sex or gender.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English waccheman. By surface analysis, watch + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,319)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WATCHMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATCHMAN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACHMNTW - 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.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found WATCHMAN?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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