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CONGEE
Definition of CONGEE
noun
Leave, formal permission for some action, : Formal permission to leave; a passport.
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Where it comes from
From late Middle English congie, from Old French congié, congiet (modern French congé), from Latin commeātus (“passage, permission to leave”), from commeō (“to go and come”), from con- + meō (“to go, to pass”). Figurative senses generally borrowed from developments in French congé.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONGEE · 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.
CONGEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 268 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CONGEE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEGNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CONGEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CONGEE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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