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COMPT
Definition of COMPT
adjective
Neat; spruce.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin comptus, past participle of comere (“to care for, comb, arrange, adorn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPT · 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.
COMPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CMOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COMPT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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