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CURIO
Definition of CURIO
noun
A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of curiosity, 1851. Compare cabinet of curiosities and French objet de curiosité.
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.
CURIO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CURIO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CIORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CURIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CURIO?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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