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COOPERATING
Definition of COOPERATING
verb
present participle and gerund of cooperate
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Word DNA
COOPERATING inherits its ancestry from its root, COOPERATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COOPERATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COOPERATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COOPERATING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGINOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COOPERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found COOPERATING?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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