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CONTACT
Definition of CONTACT
noun
The act of touching physically; being in close association.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin contactus, from contingō (“to touch on all sides”), from tangō (“to touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONTACT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First found by a player on Day 111, 8 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTACT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACCNOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and T appear more than once.
Words that start CONTAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTACT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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