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COALMINERS
Definition of COALMINERS
noun
plural of coalminer
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Word DNA
COALMINERS inherits its ancestry from its root, COALMINER.
How it is built
Same root, COALMINER · 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.
COALMINERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COALMINERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COALMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COALMINERS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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