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CABOTAGE
Definition of CABOTAGE
noun
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cabotage (“coasting trade”), from caboter (“to travel by the coast”). It originally (16th c.) referred to restrictions allowing only French ships to trade or transport between French ports. Other countries adopted this concept and extended it to land and air travel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,418)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CABOTAGE · 1 relative 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.
CABOTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CABOTAGE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABCEGOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CABOTAGE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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