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COASTAL
Definition of COASTAL
adjective
Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From coast + -al. Piecewise doublet of costal.
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.
COASTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COASTAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACLOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COASTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found COASTAL?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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