The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CUPREOUS
Definition of CUPREOUS
noun
A reddish-brown color, like that of polished copper.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cupreus, from cuprum (“copper”).
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.
CUPREOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUPREOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEOPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CUPREOUS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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