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COUTER
Definition of COUTER
noun
A piece of armor which covers the elbow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English couter, said to be from an Anglo-French variant couter, cuter of continental French coudière, from coute (“elbow”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,346)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUT · 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.
COUTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEORTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found COUTER?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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