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CUNIFORM
Definition of CUNIFORM
adjective
Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
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Another sense
CUNIFORM carries a second meaning.
An improper form of cuneiform.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CUNIFORM · 1 relative in the game
CUNIFORM in a sentence
“It was also mentioned in sacred texts of India and Egypt, and in Sumerian and Babylonian cuniform writings dating as far back as 2100 BC.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUNIFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 225 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUNIFORM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CFIMNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CUNIFORM?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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