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CURIOUS
Definition of CURIOUS
adjective
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; nosy, prying.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus. The English word is cognate with Italian curioso, Occitan curios, Portuguese curioso, and Spanish curioso. Displaced native Old English firwitġeorn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CURIOUS · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Old English, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CURIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CURIOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CURIOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CURIOUS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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