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CURTAL
Definition of CURTAL
noun
A variety of short-barrelled cannon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From older French courtault (modern French courtaud), from court (“short”) + -ault (pejorative suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,061)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CURTAL · 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.
CURTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURTAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACLRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CURTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CURTAL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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