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TURNCOAT

/ˈtəːn.kəʊt/8 letters

Definition of TURNCOAT

noun

A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

A compound of turn + coat, reportedly derived from the sometime military practice of wearing uniform coats that were lined in material of a contrasting color, and which could be worn inside out to present a different appearance.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

TURNCOAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 110
Its one board, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
106
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

diddington

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

Built from these letters

TURNCOAT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start TURNCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TURNCOCKTURNCOATSTURNCOCKS

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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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