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COUNTRY
Definition of COUNTRY
noun
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English contre, borrowed from Old French contree, from Vulgar Latin *(terra) contrāta (“facing land”), from Latin contrā (“against”) + -āta (noun-forming suffix). Cognate with Scots kintra. Unrelated to county. Displaced native English land in some of its senses. From around 1300 as "area surrounding a walled city or town; the open country." By early 16th century the sense was applied mostly to rural areas, as opposed to towns and cities. Compare typologically Russian страна́ (straná), сторона́ (storoná).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUNTRY · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COUNTRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COUNTRY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CNORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COUNTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found COUNTRY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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