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CONNS
Definition of CONNS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of conn
noun
The duty of directing a ship, usually used with the verb to have or to take and accompanied by the article "the."
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Word DNA
CONNS inherits its ancestry from its root, CONN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONN · 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.
CONNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONNS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CNNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CONNS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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