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COLIN
Definition of COLIN
noun
The American quail or bobwhite, or related species.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French colin, properly a diminutive of Colas, contracted from Nicolas (“Nicholas”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
COLIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CILNO - 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 COLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found COLIN?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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