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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- French
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPOST · 4 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.
COMPOST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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