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CORSET
Definition of CORSET
noun
A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.
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.
CORSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CORSET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CORSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CORSET?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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