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CONSUL
Definition of CONSUL
noun
Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul.
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.
CONSUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONSUL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CLNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONSUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CONSUL?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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