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CUPBOARDING
Definition of CUPBOARDING
verb
present participle and gerund of cupboard
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUPBOARDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUPBOARDING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABCDGINOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUPBOAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUPBOARDING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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