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COSTREL
Definition of COSTREL
noun
A bottle of earthenware, leather, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English costrel, from Old French costerel, modification of costeret. Compare Medieval Latin costrellum (“a liquid measure”), costrellus (“a wine cup”) and Welsh costrel.
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.
COSTREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COSTREL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CELORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COSTRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found COSTREL?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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