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GLAUCOMA

/ɡlɔːˈkəʊmə/8 letters

Definition of GLAUCOMA

noun

An eye disease or disorder that is defined as a characteristic optic neuropathy, or disease of the optic nerve, possibly, if untreated, leading to damage of the optic disc of the eye and resultant visual field loss due to lack of communication between the retina and the brain, which can lead to blindness.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλαύκωμα (glaúkōma, “an opacity of the crystalline lens”), derived from γλαυκός (glaukós, “blue-green”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GLAUCOMA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 35 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
35
Boards found on
9
First board
102
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 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 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

GLAUCOMA
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GLAUCOMA starts with G and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACGLMOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start GLAUCO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GLAUCOUSGLAUCOMASGLAUCONITEGLAUCOUSLYGLAUCONITESGLAUCONITICGLAUCOUSNESSGLAUCOUSNESSES

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