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COATIS
Definition of COATIS
noun
plural 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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Another sense
COATIS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of coati.
Word DNA
COATIS inherits its ancestry from its root, COATI.
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
COATIS in a sentence
“The world's largest urban forest, Tijuca is home to a host of monkeys, parrots and cute raccoon-like creatures called coatis (cuatis in Portuguese) as well as the Christ statue, perched atop a verdant, 2,300-foot (701-meter) peak.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COATIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COATIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found COATIS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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