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CURRENT
Definition of CURRENT
noun
The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre (“to run”), from Latin currere (“to run”) (present participle currens). Doublet of courant.
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 (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CURRENT · 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.
CURRENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CURRENT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CENRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CURREN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CURRENT?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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