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COGNISANT

9 letters

Definition of COGNISANT

adjective

Alternative spelling of cognizant.

COGNIZANT

adjective

Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

COGNISANT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its 2 boards, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
145
First board
166
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

christophernw

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

COGNISANT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

COGNISANT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACGINNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start COGNIS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

COGNISECOGNISEDCOGNISERCOGNISESCOGNISERSCOGNISINGCOGNISABLECOGNISABLYCOGNISANCECOGNISANCES

Could you have found COGNISANT?

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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