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COMFREY
Definition of COMFREY
noun
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cumfiria, from Latin (herba) cōnfirma in Pseudo-Apuleius, also called cōnsolida, cōnserva, cōnferva, from conferveo (“to boil together”); from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.
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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.
COMFREY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMFREY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEFMORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found COMFREY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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