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CONFERVOIDS
Definition of CONFERVOIDS
Wiktionary has no entry for CONFERVOIDS itself. This is its base word, CONFERVOID.
adjective
Resembling conferva algae.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CONFERVOID.
From conferva + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CONFERVA · 4 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.
CONFERVOIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 175, 11 November 2026.
Built from these letters
CONFERVOIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEFINOORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CONFERV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONFERVOIDS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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