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COUPLET
Definition of COUPLET
noun
A set of two things, particularly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French couplet, from couple + -et. Doublet of cabaletta.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COUPLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUPLET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CELOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 COUPLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found COUPLET?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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