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CURRYCOMB
Definition of CURRYCOMB
noun
A comb or brush, having rubber or plastic teeth, used to groom horses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From curry + comb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CURRYCOMB · 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.
CURRYCOMB 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 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURRYCOMB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BCCMORRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CURRYC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CURRYCOMB?
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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