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CORDWAINER
Definition of CORDWAINER
noun
A shoemaker.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cordewainer, cordewaner, from Anglo-Norman cordewaner, from Old French cordoan (“(leather) of Cordova”). See also cordovan, itself borrowed from Spanish Córdoba.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.8%
of traced words share this origin (808)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORDWAIN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORDWAINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORDWAINER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINORRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start CORDWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORDWAINER?
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