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NEOCORTEX
Definition of NEOCORTEX
noun
The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neo- + cortex.
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.
NEOCORTEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEOCORTEX starts with N and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read CEENOORTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start NEOCOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEOCORTEX?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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