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COUNTERPART
Definition of COUNTERPART
noun
Either of two parts that fit together or otherwise complement one another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English conterpart, countre parte (“duplicate of a legal document”), equivalent to counter- + part. Compare Old French contrepartie, itself from contre (“facing, opposite”) (from Latin contra (“against”)) + partie (“copy of a person or thing”) (originally past participle of partīre (“to divide”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUNTERPART · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COUNTERPART 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 11 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
COUNTERPART starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACENOPRRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and R appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERPART?
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