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CONFERVAE
Definition of CONFERVAE
noun
plural 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
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONFERVAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFERVAE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFNORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start CONFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONFERVAE?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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