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COXSWAIN
Definition of COXSWAIN
noun
In a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cokswain, equivalent to cock (“small boat”) + swain (“boy, servant”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COXSWAIN · 1 relative 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.
COXSWAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 671 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COXSWAIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACINOSWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start COXSWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found COXSWAIN?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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