The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
COUSINLY
Definition of COUSINLY
adjective
Characteristic of, or suitable to, a cousin
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cousin + -ly.
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.
COUSINLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
COUSINLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CILNOSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COUSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found COUSINLY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER