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COSYING
Definition of COSYING
verb
present participle and gerund of cosy
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Word DNA
COSYING inherits its ancestry from its root, COSY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (824)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COSY · 17 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.
COSYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COSYING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found COSYING?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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