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REDCOAT
Definition of REDCOAT
noun
A British soldier (stemming from the military uniform of British infantry since the 17th century).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Bahuvrihi compound of red + coat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REDCOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDCOAT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found REDCOAT?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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