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COYNESS
Definition of COYNESS
noun
The property of being coy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From coy + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
COYNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COYNESS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CENOSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COYNES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COYNESS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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