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COMPOST
Definition of COMPOST
noun
The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“a mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land, also a condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, composite, and kompot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COMPOST 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 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPOST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CMOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COMPOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found COMPOST?
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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