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COLLIER
Definition of COLLIER
noun
A person in the business or occupation of producing or distributing coal (any of several types of carbon fuel). A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English colier, colyer, alteration of earlier coler, collere (“one who makes or sells charcoal”), from Old English *colere (“collier”), equivalent to coal + -ier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,005)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COLLIER · 2 relatives 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.
COLLIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLLIER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEILLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLLIER?
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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