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GLAUCOMAS
Definition of GLAUCOMAS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
GLAUCOMAS inherits its ancestry from its root, GLAUCOMA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLAUCOMA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLAUCOMAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLAUCOMAS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACGLMOSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found GLAUCOMAS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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