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CUCUMBERS
Definition of CUCUMBERS
noun
plural of cucumber
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Word DNA
CUCUMBERS inherits its ancestry from its root, CUCUMBER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUCUMBER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old Occitan.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUCUMBERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUCUMBERS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCCEMRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and U appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CUCUMBERS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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