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COCKSHY
Definition of COCKSHY
noun
A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players.
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Where it comes from
From cock + shy; so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COCKSHY · 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.
COCKSHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
COCKSHY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCHKOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start COCKSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COCKSHY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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