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CUMSHAW

7 letters

Definition of CUMSHAW

noun

A gratuity or tip as thanks for a service

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 感謝 / 感谢 (kám-siā, “thank you”).

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, CUMSHAW · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CUMSHAW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 15 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
30
First board
140
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.

Built from these letters

CUMSHAW
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CUMSHAW starts with C and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACHMSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CUMSHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CUMSHAW?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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