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COMES
Definition of COMES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of come
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COM · 5 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.
COMES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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