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CODON
Definition of CODON
noun
A handbell used for summoning monks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin codon, from Ancient Greek κώδων (kṓdōn).
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.
CODON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CODON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 CODON?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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