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COTE
Definition of COTE
noun
A cottage or hut.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.
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.
COTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found COTE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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