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COTTA
Definition of COTTA
noun
A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).
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.
COTTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COTTA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COTTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COTTA?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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