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COWTAIL
Definition of COWTAIL
noun
The tail of a cow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *cou-tayl, from Old English cūtæġl (“cowtail”), equivalent to cow + tail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,226)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
COWTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COWTAIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACILOTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start COWTAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COWTAIL?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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