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COFFIN
Definition of COFFIN
noun
A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English coffyn, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “a basket”). Doublet of coffer. Displaced native Old English þrūh.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COFFIN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COFFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
COFFIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CFFINO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COFFIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COFFIN?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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