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COPTER

/ˈkɒptə/6 letters

Definition of COPTER

noun

A helicopter.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Clipping of helicopter; see also -copter § Etymology.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables-copter

Same root, COPT · 2 relatives in the game

COPTCOPTS

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

COPTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 14 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
28
First board
157
Latest board
31
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

jamesjoyce

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

COPTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

COPTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start COPTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found COPTER?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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