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COYOTE
Definition of COYOTE
noun
Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish coyote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyoo-tl. Compare Chinook ki-o-tī.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (926)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COYOTE · 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.
COYOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
COYOTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found COYOTE?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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