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CUBISM
Definition of CUBISM
noun
An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French cubisme. One story is that, in 1908, as a new canvas by Braque was being carried past, someone said, “Encore des cubes! assez de cubisme!”. The quotations below ascribe the coinage to Matisse. Sometimes attributed to French art critic Louis Vauxcelles who popularized the term. See also the word cube (from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos)).
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.
CUBISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 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 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUBISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BCIMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUBISM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CUBISM?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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