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CORNUTOS
Definition of CORNUTOS
noun
plural of cornuto
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Word DNA
CORNUTOS inherits its ancestry from its root, CORNUTO.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CORNUTO · 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.
CORNUTOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORNUTOS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CNOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CORNUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORNUTOS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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