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COALESCE
Definition of COALESCE
verb
To join into a mass or whole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin coalēscō, from co- + alēscō (“grow up”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COALESCE · 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.
COALESCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COALESCE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEELOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start COALES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COALESCE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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