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COPULAE
Definition of COPULAE
noun
plural of copula
noun
A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COPULAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COPULAE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COPULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found COPULAE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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