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COATI
Definition of COATI
noun
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
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Other senses
COATI carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Any of several omnivorous mammals of the genera Nasua and Nasuella of South and Central America and the southwest United States, having a dark or rust coat, a long flexible snout, and a ringed tail.
noun
An American plantigrade carnivorous quadruped, of the family Procyonidæ, subfamily Nasuinæ, and genus Nasua (which see), inhabiting tropical and subtropical regions.
noun
A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, having a ringed tail but with a longer body, tail, and nose; -- called also coati mondi and coati mundi.
noun
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
Where it comes from
From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (110)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COATI · 1 relative in the game
COATI in a sentence
“"I had no clue how to spell the word they threw out," he said, referring to "coati," a tropical American carnivore whose language of origin could not be traced by the judges.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COATI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COATI starts with C and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of COATI. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 COATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found COATI?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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