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COGS
Definition of COGS
noun
plural of cog
COG
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Chong.
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Word DNA
COGS inherits its ancestry from its root, COG.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, COG · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Norwegian, Old English, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found COGS?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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