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UNCORK
Definition of UNCORK
verb
To open (a bottle or other container sealed with a cork or stopper) by removing the cork or stopper from.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + cork.
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.
UNCORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNCORK starts with U and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNCORK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found UNCORK?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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