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CORNERING
Definition of CORNERING
verb
present participle and gerund of corner
CORNER
noun
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
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Word DNA
CORNERING inherits its ancestry from its root, CORNER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (206)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CORNERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGINNORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and N appear more than once.
Words that start CORNER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORNERING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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