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COVINS
Definition of COVINS
Wiktionary has no entry for COVINS itself. This is its base word, COVIN.
noun
Fraud, deception.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for COVIN.
From Old French covin, from Latin convena (“a meeting, a coming together”), from conveniō.
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.
COVINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COVINS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found COVINS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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