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COUNTERSANK
Definition of COUNTERSANK
verb
simple past of countersink
noun
A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COUNTERSANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERSANK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACEKNNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start COUNTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERSANK?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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