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CONE
Definition of CONE
noun
A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cone (“corner, angle”) and conoun (“cone”), from Medieval Latin cōnus, cōnon (“cone, wedge, peak”), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone, spinning top, pine cone”). Reinforced by Middle French cone, from the same Graeco-Latin source.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONE · 6 relatives 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.
CONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CONE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CONE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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