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CUPOLA
Definition of CUPOLA
noun
A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUPOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUPOLA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACLOPU - 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 CUPOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CUPOLA?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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