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COWARD
Definition of COWARD
noun
A person who lacks courage.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard (> French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal "turning tail", or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Compare the expression tail between one's legs. Displaced native Old English earg (surviving in northern dialect English argh). Unrelated to cower, which is of Germanic origin.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 2, 23 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COWARD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COWARD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found COWARD?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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