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CORKING
Definition of CORKING
verb
present participle and gerund of cork
noun
The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.
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Word DNA
CORKING 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 (927)
branch · 12.9% 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.
CORKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORKING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CORKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found CORKING?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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