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CONTANGOED
Definition of CONTANGOED
verb
simple past and past participle of contango
noun
The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery, indicating the expectation that the price of the underlying asset will go up.
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Word DNA
CONTANGOED inherits its ancestry from its root, CONTANGO.
How it is built
Same root, CONTANGO · 3 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.
CONTANGOED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTANGOED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGNNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Words that start CONTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTANGOED?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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