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COAPTATION
Definition of COAPTATION
noun
The bringing together of two parts to form an approximated positioning; used especially of a dislocated joint (in reference to reduction), a broken bone (in reference to bonesetting), portions of soft tissue (in reference to wound closure or to anastomosis), or heart valve function (wherein good leaflet coaptation is healthy and poor coaptation causes regurgitation/insufficiency).
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Where it comes from
From coapt + -ation.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COAPTATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COAPTATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACINOOPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, A and T appear more than once.
Words that start COAPTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COAPTATION?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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