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COMPUTE
Definition of COMPUTE
verb
To reckon, calculate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
17th century. Borrowed from French computer, from Latin computō (“calculate, compute”). Doublet of count.
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.
COMPUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPUTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEMOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COMPUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found COMPUTE?
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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