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CORY
Definition of CORY
noun
Any fish belonging to the genus Corydoras, a group of South American freshwater catfish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of of translingual Corydoras.
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.
CORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CORY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found CORY?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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