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CONFERVA
Definition of CONFERVA
noun
Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin cōnferva. See comfrey.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONFERVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFERVA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEFNORV - 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 25
Could you have found CONFERVA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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