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CONURE
Definition of CONURE
noun
Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.
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Where it comes from
From scientific Latin Conurus (genus name), from Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CONURE · 1 relative 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.
CONURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CONURE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CENORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found CONURE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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