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COCHLEARS
Definition of COCHLEARS
Wiktionary has no entry for COCHLEARS itself. This is its base word, COCHLEAR.
adjective
Of or pertaining to the cochlea.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for COCHLEAR.
From cochlea + -ar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COCHLEAR · 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.
COCHLEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COCHLEARS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start COCHLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COCHLEARS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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