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KOOZIE
Definition of KOOZIE
noun
A thermal insulation sleeve for cans or bottles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
An alteration of earlier cozy, cosy (“padded or knit covering put on an item to insulate it”), from Scots. This form, with /u/, is perhaps influenced by a blend of cool, kool + cozy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (358)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KOOZIE · 3 relatives 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.
KOOZIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KOOZIE starts with K and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKOOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start KOOZIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KOOZIE?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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