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COUNTERCOUP
Definition of COUNTERCOUP
noun
A coup which seeks to overthrow the government installed by a previous coup
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From counter- + coup.
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.
COUNTERCOUP 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
COUNTERCOUP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CCENOOPRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, O and U appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERCOUP?
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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