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CONIFEROUS
Definition of CONIFEROUS
adjective
Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin. By surface analysis, cone + -i- + -ferous (“bearing”), or conifer + -ous (“pertaining to”), as reflected in the meanings.
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.
CONIFEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONIFEROUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFINOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found CONIFEROUS?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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