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CORDWAIN
Definition of CORDWAIN
noun
A kind of leather from Córdoba, originally of tanned goatskin, later of horsehide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cordovan, from Córdova (“a Spanish town”), borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.
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.
CORDWAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORDWAIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDINORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORDWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CORDWAIN?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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