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COOF

4 letters

Definition of COOF

noun

An idiot, or fool.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Probably related to cove (“a fellow”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

COOF in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 7 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
8
First board
119
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

clowngod

on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

COOF
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

COOF starts with C and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read CFOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start COOF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found COOF?

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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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