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COGNATELY
Definition of COGNATELY
adverb
In a way that is cognate.
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Where it comes from
From cognate + -ly.
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.
COGNATELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COGNATELY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGLNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COGNAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COGNATELY?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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