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COTTAGING
Definition of COTTAGING
noun
Sexual activity in a public lavatory, especially homosexual activity between men.
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Word DNA
COTTAGING inherits its ancestry from its root, COTTAGE.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (226)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COTTAGE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Finnish, Hungarian, Malay, Norwegian, Old English, Persian, Polish and 2 more.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COTTAGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COTTAGING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGGINOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COTTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COTTAGING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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