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COUNTERPOISED
Definition of COUNTERPOISED
verb
simple past and past participle of counterpoise
noun
A weight sufficient to balance another, for example in the opposite end of scales; an equal weight.
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Word DNA
COUNTERPOISED inherits its ancestry from its root, COUNTERPOISE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,360)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUNTERPOISE · 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.
COUNTERPOISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERPOISED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEINOOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTERPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERPOISED?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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