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COLEOPTER
Definition of COLEOPTER
noun
One of the Coleoptera; a beetle.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COLEOPTER · 1 relative 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.
COLEOPTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLEOPTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEELOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start COLEOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLEOPTER?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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