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COLEOPTERANS
Definition of COLEOPTERANS
noun
plural of coleopteran
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Word DNA
COLEOPTERANS inherits its ancestry from its root, COLEOPTERAN.
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.
COLEOPTERANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Built from these letters
COLEOPTERANS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start COLEOPTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLEOPTERANS?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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