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COALY
Definition of COALY
adjective
Resembling coal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From coal + -y. Compare colly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COAL · 16 relatives 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.
COALY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
COALY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACLOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found COALY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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