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CUISSE
Definition of CUISSE
noun
Defensive armour (especially of plate) for the thigh.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French cuisse (“thigh”), from Old French cuisse, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Compare French cuissard, Old French cuissot (“armour for the thigh, cuish”). Doublet of coxa.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, CUISSE · 4 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.
CUISSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUISSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEISSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CUISSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUISSE?
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