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CONK
Definition of CONK
noun
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CONK · 3 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.
CONK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CONK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CONK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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