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COLUGOS
Definition of COLUGOS
noun
plural of colugo
noun
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.
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Word DNA
COLUGOS inherits its ancestry from its root, COLUGO.
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (231)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COLUGO · 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.
COLUGOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLUGOS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGLOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found COLUGOS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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