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CODEC
Definition of CODEC
noun
A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Syllabic abbreviation of coder decoder, probably in imitation of how modem was formed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CODEC · 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.
CODEC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
CODEC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCDEO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CODEC?
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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