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CORNMEAL
Definition of CORNMEAL
noun
Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From corn + meal.
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.
CORNMEAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNMEAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACELMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CORNMEAL?
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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