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CONFER
Definition of CONFER
verb
To grant as a possession; to bestow.
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Where it comes from
From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren, German konferieren, Danish konferere, Swedish konferera. Doublet of collate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
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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.
CONFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CONFER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEFNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CONFER?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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