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COMPOUND
Definition of COMPOUND
noun
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly from Malay kampong, kampung (“group of buildings, village”), via Dutch or Portuguese, altered under the influence of Etymology 2. Doublet of kampung.
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.
COMPOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPOUND starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDMNOOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start COMPOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found COMPOUND?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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