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CONFORMS
Definition of CONFORMS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of conform
verb
To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative. To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.
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Word DNA
CONFORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CONFORM.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONFORM · 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.
CONFORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONFORMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFMNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CONFOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONFORMS?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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