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CURTESIES
Definition of CURTESIES
Wiktionary has no entry for CURTESIES itself. This is its base word, CURTESY.
noun
The tenure that a man is entitled to over the property of his deceased wife if there is a child who could inherit it.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CURTESY.
A variant of courtesy with a specialised sense.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CURTESIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CURTESIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear 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 CURTESIES?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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