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CONTROL
Definition of CONTROL
verb
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English controllen, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrārotulus (“a counter-roll or register used to verify accounts”), from Latin contrā (“against, opposite”) + Medieval Latin rotulus, Latin rotula (“roll, a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”). Partly displaced native Old English wealdan and Old English wieldan, whence their merged reflex English wield.
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.
CONTROL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CONTROL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CLNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CONTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTROL?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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