The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CURSES
Definition of CURSES
interjection
Expression of annoyance or frustration.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CURS · 4 relatives 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.
CURSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURSES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CERSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CURSES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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