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CORONACH
Definition of CORONACH
noun
A dirge or lamentation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scottish Gaelic corranach and Irish corānach.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Irish
- Scottish Gaelic
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (133)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
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.
CORONACH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORONACH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACCHNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CORONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORONACH?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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