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COTHURN
Definition of COTHURN
noun
A buskin anciently worn by tragic actors on the stage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cothurnus, from Ancient Greek κόθορνος (kóthornos). Compare cothurnus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COTHURN · 1 relative 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.
COTHURN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
COTHURN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CHNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COTHUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found COTHURN?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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