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CODGER
Definition of CODGER
noun
An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly derived from cadger (“hawker”). Or abbreviation of coffin dodger, but this is likely to be a folk etymology.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CODGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CODGER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEGOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found CODGER?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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