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CUCKOLDS
Definition of CUCKOLDS
noun
plural of cuckold
noun
A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
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Word DNA
CUCKOLDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CUCKOLD.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,505)
How it is built
Same root, CUCKOLD · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUCKOLDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUCKOLDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCDKLOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CUCKOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUCKOLDS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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