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CURVEBALLING
Definition of CURVEBALLING
verb
present participle and gerund of curveball
noun
A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
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Word DNA
CURVEBALLING inherits its ancestry from its root, CURVEBALL.
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.
CURVEBALLING 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 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CURVEBALLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABCEGILLNRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CURVEBAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CURVEBALLING?
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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