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CORD
Definition of CORD
noun
A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”). Displaced native Old English sīma (“cord, rope”), sāl (“rope, cord, rein”), and sāda (“cord, halter, snare”). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CORD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found CORD?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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