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CONCHO
Definition of CONCHO
noun
A silver ornament either stamped with a design or inlaid with a stone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish concha (“shell”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (961)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONCHO · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONCHO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONCHO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CCHNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once.
Words that start CONCHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONCHO?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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