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CONCHS

/kɒŋks/6 letters

Definition of CONCHS

noun

plural of conch

CONCH

noun

A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.

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Word DNA

CONCHS inherits its ancestry from its root, CONCH.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,577)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, CONCH · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

CONCHS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 139
Its 2 boards, across 139 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
131
First board
139
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

turner204

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CONCHS
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CONCHS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCHNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Could you have found CONCHS?

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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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