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CURLEWS
Definition of CURLEWS
noun
plural of curlew
noun
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.
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Word DNA
CURLEWS inherits its ancestry from its root, CURLEW.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (836)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CURLEW · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CURLEWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURLEWS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found CURLEWS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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