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COUTH
Definition of COUTH
adjective
Familiar, known; well-known, renowned.
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Other senses
COUTH carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Refined; sophisticated.
noun
Refinement; sophistication.
Knew; was able: an obsolete form of could.
Known; well-known; usual; customary: an obsolete past participle of can.
Where it comes from
From Middle English couth (“familiar, known; evident, true; famous, respected, well-known; genteel, having good manners”), from Old English cūþ (“familiar, intimate, known, usual; certain, plain, manifest; famous, noted, well-known; excellent; friendly; related”), past participle of cunnan (“to be familiar with, know; can, to be able, know how”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to be familiar with, know, recognize; to be able, know how”) (compare *kunþaz (“known”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). The word is cognate with Dutch kond (“known”), Saterland Frisian cut (“known”), Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (kunþs, “known”), Icelandic kuður, kunnur (“known”), Latin gnosco (“to know”), Old High German kund, chund, chunt, Middle High German kunt (modern German kund (“known”)), Old Saxon kūth, cûth, cuð (“known; famous, renowned”), Scots couth (“familiar, known”); and is a doublet of could.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, COUTH · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
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COUTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 92 boards so far. 570 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COUTH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of COUTH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start COUTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
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