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CULTURE
Definition of CULTURE
noun
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French culture (“cultivation; culture”), from Latin cultūra (“cultivation; culture”), from cultus, perfect passive participle of colō (“till, cultivate, to grow, worship”) (related to colōnus and colōnia), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”).
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
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, CULTURE · 7 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.
CULTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CULTURE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CULTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CULTURE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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