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CORMOPHYTES
Definition of CORMOPHYTES
noun
plural of cormophyte
noun
Any plant having a proper stem or axis of growth, which is distinct from its leaves, phyllophyte
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Word DNA
CORMOPHYTES inherits its ancestry from its root, CORMOPHYTE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step 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, CORMOPHYTE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORMOPHYTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORMOPHYTES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHMOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
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 CORMOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORMOPHYTES?
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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