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COFFERDAMS
Definition of COFFERDAMS
noun
plural of cofferdam
noun
A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.
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Word DNA
COFFERDAMS inherits its ancestry from its root, COFFERDAM.
How it is built
Same root, COFFERDAM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COFFERDAMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COFFERDAMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFFMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COFFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COFFERDAMS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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