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CORALS
Definition of CORALS
noun
plural of coral
noun
Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.
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Word DNA
CORALS inherits its ancestry from its root, CORAL.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORAL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Arabic, Hebrew.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORALS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLORS - 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 12
Could you have found CORALS?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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