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COLEAD
Definition of COLEAD
noun
A joint lead; one of a group of actors who jointly take lead roles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From co- + lead.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COLEAD · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLEAD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDELO - 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.
Words that start COLEAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLEAD?
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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