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CORNEA
Definition of CORNEA
noun
The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).
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.
CORNEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNEA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACENOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CORNEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found CORNEA?
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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