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COLESLAW

/ˈkəʊlslɔː/8 letters

Definition of COLESLAW

noun

A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Dutch koolsla (mentioned in English as the Dutch name by at least in 1794), from kool (“cabbage”) + sla (“salad”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

COLESLAW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 118
Its one board, across 118 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

silver

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

COLESLAW
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

COLESLAW starts with C and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACELLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Words that start COLESL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

COLESLAWS

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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