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COPULATION
Definition of COPULATION
noun
The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French copulation, from Latin copulo (“to join, unite, connect”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COPULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COPULATION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACILNOOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start COPULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COPULATION?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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