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CORACLE
Definition of CORACLE
noun
A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Of Celtic origin; related to Welsh corwg, Irish curach (“boat”) and Cornish gorhel (“ship”), from Proto-Celtic *kurukos (“boat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CORACLE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Irish, Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORACLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORACLE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCELOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CORACLE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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