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COLUMN
Definition of COLUMN
noun
A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English columne, columpne, columpe, borrowed from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Akin to Latin collis (“a hill”), celsus (“high”), probably to Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “top, summit”).
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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.
COLUMN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COLUMN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CLMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COLUMN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLUMN?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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