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CORNCRAKES
Definition of CORNCRAKES
noun
plural of corncrake
noun
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
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Word DNA
CORNCRAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, CORNCRAKE.
How it is built
Same root, CORNCRAKE · 1 relative 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.
CORNCRAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CORNCRAKES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCEKNORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and R appear more than once.
Words that start CORNCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORNCRAKES?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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