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COMPUTERS
Definition of COMPUTERS
noun
plural of computer
noun
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
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Word DNA
COMPUTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, COMPUTE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMPUTE · 16 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.
COMPUTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COMPUTERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEMOPRSTU - 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 8
Could you have found COMPUTERS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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