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CORMOUS
Definition of CORMOUS
adjective
Growing from a corm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From corm + -ous.
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.
CORMOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORMOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CMOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found CORMOUS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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