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WATERMANSHIP
Definition of WATERMANSHIP
noun
Skill in propelling oneself through the water, whether by swimming or boating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From water + -manship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WAT · 25 relatives 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.
WATERMANSHIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERMANSHIP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AAEHIMNPRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WATERMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERMANSHIP?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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