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COSTUMERY
Definition of COSTUMERY
noun
Costumes in general.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From costume + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COSTUME · 8 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.
COSTUMERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
COSTUMERY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEMORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COSTUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found COSTUMERY?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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