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CURTESY
Definition of 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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
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.
CURTESY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CURTESY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CERSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CURTES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CURTESY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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