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COUPLE
Definition of COUPLE
noun
Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English couple, from Old French couple, from Latin cōpula. Doublet of copula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUPLE · 3 relatives 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.
COUPLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
COUPLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COUPLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found COUPLE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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