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CORKERS
Definition of CORKERS
noun
plural of corker
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Word DNA
CORKERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CORK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (934)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORK · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
CORKERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEKORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CORKERS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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