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WATCHSPRING
Definition of WATCHSPRING
noun
The mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
WATCHSPRING carries a second meaning.
noun
The mainspring of a watch.
Where it comes from
From watch + spring.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
WATCHSPRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATCHSPRING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINPRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WATCHSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATCHSPRING?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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