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COUTEAUX
Definition of COUTEAUX
noun
plural of couteau
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COUTEAUX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUTEAUX starts with C and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ACEOTUUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found COUTEAUX?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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