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COALMINER
Definition of COALMINER
noun
One who mines for coal; especially, a worker who does not own the mine.
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Where it comes from
By surface analysis, coal + miner, or, by surface analysis, coal mine + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COALMINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COALMINER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COALMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found COALMINER?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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