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COPE
Definition of COPE
verb
To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English coupen, from Old French coper, couper (“to strike, to cut”). The noun use went mainstream around 2020.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COPE · 6 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.
COPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COPE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found COPE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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