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COUNTROL
Definition of COUNTROL
noun
Obsolete spelling of control.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COUNTROL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
Built from these letters
COUNTROL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CLNOORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COUNTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTROL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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