The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COGENTLY
Definition of COGENTLY
adverb
In a cogent manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
COGENTLY carries a second meaning.
adverb
In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincingly; conclusively.
Where it comes from
From cogent + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COGENT · 1 relative in the game
COGENTLY in a sentence
“When a student is able to explain cogently why she is taking a position ...”
Kenneth Bernstein: The Most Objectionable Thing About Waiting for 'Superman', 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COGENTLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COGENTLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGLNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of COGENTLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found COGENTLY?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER