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COTTIER
Definition of COTTIER
noun
Someone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French cotier. See coterie, and compare cotter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.8%
of traced words share this origin (808)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COTTIER · 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.
COTTIER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 136 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COTTIER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COTTIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found COTTIER?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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