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COUNCIL
Definition of COUNCIL
noun
A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council). A local authority.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English counseil (“meeting, conference, commune”), from Old French conseil (“advice, deliberation, thought”), from Latin cōnsilium (“plan, intention, design, purpose”), from cōnsulō (“consult, seek counsel from, take counsel from, deliberate, reflect”), from Proto-Indo-European *selh₁- (“take, grab”).
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.
COUNCIL 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 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
COUNCIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CCILNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start COUNCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNCIL?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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