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COLA
Definition of COLA
noun
The kola plant, genus Cola, famous for its nut, or one of these nuts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a Niger-Congo language, compare Temne kola, Mandinka kola. The beverage "Coca-Cola" was what made the term widely known, and popularized the spelling with c instead of k.
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.
COLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COLA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACLO - 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 COLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found COLA?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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