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CULOTTE

/k(j)uːˈlɒt/7 letters

Definition of CULOTTE

noun

singular of culottes

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

(Can this etymology be sourced?) Borrowed from French culotte.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,388)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, CULOTTE · 1 relative in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CULOTTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 9 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
106
First board
166
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

sharkfarts

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

CULOTTE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CULOTTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CULOTT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CULOTTE?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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