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COINS
Definition of COINS
noun
plural of coin
noun
A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
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Word DNA
COINS inherits its ancestry from its root, COIN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COIN · 6 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.
COINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COINS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COINS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found COINS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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