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CUBE
Definition of CUBE
noun
A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").
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.
CUBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUBE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CUBE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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