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COLEOPTERAN
Definition of COLEOPTERAN
noun
Any insect of the order Coleoptera; includes the beetles, weevils and fireflies
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Where it comes from
From Translingual Coleoptera + English -an.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COLEOPTERAN · 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.
COLEOPTERAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLEOPTERAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start COLEOPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLEOPTERAN?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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