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CORNIFY
Definition of CORNIFY
verb
To convert or be converted into horn or a similar substance
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From corn + -ify, from Latin 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.
CORNIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CORNIFY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFINORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORNIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found CORNIFY?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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