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CORN
Definition of CORN
noun
Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain; worn-down”), from *ǵerh₂- (“grow old, mature”). Cognate with Dutch koren, German Low German Koorn, German Korn, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish korn; see also Albanian grurë, Russian зерно́ (zernó), Czech zrno, Latin grānum and Lithuanian žirnis. Doublet of grain, gram, granum, and grao. The sense maize (Zea mays) is an ellipsis of Indian corn that developed in 18th century North America.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CORN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found CORN?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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