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CORNSTALK
Definition of CORNSTALK
noun
The tough, fibrous stalk of a corn (maize) plant, often ground for silage after harvest.
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Where it comes from
From corn + stalk.
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.
CORNSTALK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNSTALK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKLNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORNST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORNSTALK?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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