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COLLECTORS
Definition of COLLECTORS
noun
plural of collector
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Word DNA
COLLECTORS inherits its ancestry from its root, COLLECTOR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,673)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COLLECTOR · 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.
COLLECTORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
COLLECTORS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCELLOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLLECTORS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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