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COTHURNI
Definition of COTHURNI
noun
plural of cothurnus
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Word DNA
COTHURNI inherits its ancestry from its root, COTHURNUS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COTHURNUS · 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.
COTHURNI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COTHURNI starts with C and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CHINORTU - 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.
Could you have found COTHURNI?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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