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COATTAIL
Definition of COATTAIL
noun
The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From coat + tail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COATTAIL · 1 relative 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.
COATTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COATTAIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found COATTAIL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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