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CORMELS
Definition of CORMELS
noun
plural of cormel
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Word DNA
CORMELS inherits its ancestry from its root, CORM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
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.
CORMELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORMELS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CORMELS?
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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