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COURIER
Definition of COURIER
noun
A person who delivers messages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (590)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COURIER · 2 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.
COURIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
COURIER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIORRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start COURIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COURIER?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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