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RAINCOAT

/ˈɹeɪnkoʊt/8 letters

Definition of RAINCOAT

noun

A waterproof coat to be worn in the rain; any coat or jacket with this purpose.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From rain + coat.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

RAINCOAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
41
First board
79
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.

Built from these letters

RAINCOAT
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RAINCOAT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AACINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start RAINCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found RAINCOAT?

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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.

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