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CUBIT
Definition of CUBIT
noun
The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUBIT · 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.
CUBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 369 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
CUBIT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCITU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUBIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CUBIT?
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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