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CORNET
Definition of CORNET
noun
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORNET · 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.
CORNET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CENORT - 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 CORNET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CORNET?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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