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CUPBOARDS
Definition of CUPBOARDS
noun
plural of cupboard
noun
A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
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Word DNA
CUPBOARDS inherits its ancestry from its root, CUPBOARD.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,835)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUPBOARD · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUPBOARDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CUPBOARDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUPBOA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found CUPBOARDS?
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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