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CORM
Definition of CORM
noun
A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.
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Where it comes from
From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”).
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.
CORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CORM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found CORM?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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