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CUPID
Definition of CUPID
noun
A putto carrying a bow and arrow, representing Cupid or love.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Cupid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CUPID · 1 relative 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.
CUPID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 227 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CUPID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDIPU - 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.
Words that start CUPID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CUPID?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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