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CURVIEST

8 letters

Definition of CURVIEST

adjective

superlative form of curvy: most curvy

CURVY

adjective

Having curves.

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Word DNA

CURVIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, CURVE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,293)

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, CURVE · 8 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CURVIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 22 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
49
First board
157
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

stantheman22

on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CURVIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CURVIEST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CURVIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CURVIEST?

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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.

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