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CURVEBALL
Definition of CURVEBALL
noun
A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From curve + ball.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CURVEBALL · 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.
CURVEBALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CURVEBALL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABCELLRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CURVEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CURVEBALL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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