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COMPOSE
Definition of COMPOSE
verb
To make something by merging parts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English composen, from Old French composer (“to compose, compound, adjust, settle”), from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin componere (“to put together, compose”), from com- (“together”) + ponere (“to put, place”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPOSE · 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.
COMPOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMPOSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEMOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start COMPOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found COMPOSE?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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