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CURATORIAL

/ˌkjʊəɹəˈtɔːɹi.əl/10 letters

Definition of CURATORIAL

adjective

Of or relating to a curator.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From curator + -ial.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective5 syllablescompound-ial

Same root, CURATOR · 4 relatives in the game

CURATORCURATORSCURATORSHIPCURATORSHIPS

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CURATORIAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 169
Its 4 boards, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
138
First board
154
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

ladypenelope

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CURATORIAL
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CURATORIAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILORRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.

Words that start CURATO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CURATORIAL?

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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.

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