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COMPAST
Definition of COMPAST
verb
simple past and past participle of compass
noun
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
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Word DNA
COMPAST inherits its ancestry from its root, COMPASS.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPASS · 3 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.
COMPAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPAST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACMOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMPAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMPAST?
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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