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CURRY

/ˈkʌ.ɹi/5 letters

Definition of CURRY

noun

One of a family of dishes originating from Indian cuisine, flavored by a spiced sauce.

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Where it comes from

1747 (as currey, first published recipe for the dish in English), from Tamil கறி (kaṟi), influenced by existing Middle English cury (“cooking”), from Middle French cuyre (“to cook”) (whence also cuisine), from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquere. Earlier cury found in 1390 cookbook Forme of Cury (Forms of Cooking) by court chefs of Richard II of England.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CURRY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
90
First board
33
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

CURRY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CURRY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CRRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CURRY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CURRYINGCURRYCOMBCURRYINGSCURRYCOMBSCURRYCOMBEDCURRYCOMBING

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