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CURMUDGEONS
Definition of CURMUDGEONS
noun
plural of curmudgeon
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Another sense
CURMUDGEONS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of curmudgeon.
Word DNA
CURMUDGEONS inherits its ancestry from its root, CURMUDGEON.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CURMUDGEON · 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.
CURMUDGEONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 163 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CURMUDGEONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEGMNORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CURMUDG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found CURMUDGEONS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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