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COTILLION
Definition of COTILLION
noun
A bold dance performed in groups of eight in which women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First use appears c. 1750, in the sense of the dance, from French cotillon (“petticoat”), extended to the dance because of the distinctive lift of dress revealing the petticoat, from cotte (“dress”) + -illon (diminutive). Said to derive from the then-popular song Ma commère, quand je danse, mon cotillion va-t-il bien.
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.
COTILLION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COTILLION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CIILLNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, I and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COTILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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