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CORMEL
Definition of CORMEL
noun
A small corm that develops at the base of an existing corm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From corm + -el.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CORM · 5 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.
CORMEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 91 days.
Built from these letters
CORMEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CELMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CORMEL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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