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CORNEITIS

9 letters

Definition of CORNEITIS

noun

inflammation of the cornea

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From cornea + -itis.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CORNEITIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
72
First board
120
Latest board
48
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

taylor16

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CORNEITIS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CORNEITIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start CORNEI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CORNEITISES

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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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