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CORNETCY
Definition of CORNETCY
noun
The rank, role, or position of a cornet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed as cornet (“the fifth commissioned officer in a troop of cavalry”) + -cy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
CORNETCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNETCY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCENORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CORNET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORNETCY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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