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CORYPHAEUS
Definition of CORYPHAEUS
noun
The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin coryphaeus, from Ancient Greek κορυφαῖος (koruphaîos, “leader of the chorus in an Ancient Greek drama”), from κορυφή (koruphḗ, “top of the head, crown”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘belonging to, pertaining to’).
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.
CORYPHAEUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CORYPHAEUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHOPRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CORYPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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