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COCKSPUR
Definition of COCKSPUR
noun
A blade for tying to the foot of a gamecock.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cokkispore, equivalent to cock + spur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COCKSPUR 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 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COCKSPUR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CCKOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start COCKSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COCKSPUR?
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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