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CAGOULE

/kəˈɡuːl/7 letters

Definition of CAGOULE

noun

A lightweight waterproof parka.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French cagoule. Doublet of cowl.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,125)

Romance

branch · 12.9% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, CAGOULE · 9 relatives in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CAGOULE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 22 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
25
First board
154
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

zzombie

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CAGOULE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CAGOULE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEGLOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CAGOUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CAGOULE?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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