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CODECS
Definition of CODECS
noun
plural of codec
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Word DNA
CODECS inherits its ancestry from its root, CODEC.
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.
CODECS 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
CODECS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCDEOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CODECS?
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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