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COISTRIL
Definition of COISTRIL
noun
An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries; a coistrel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from Old French coustillier (“groom or lad”). Compare custrel.
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.
COISTRIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
Built from these letters
COISTRIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CIILORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COISTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COISTRIL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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