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CUSCUS
Definition of CUSCUS
noun
Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin Cuscus, former genus name, ultimately (probably via French and Dutch koeskoes) from a local word for the marsupials in a language of the Moluccas.
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.
CUSCUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CUSCUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCSSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, U and S appear more than once.
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 CUSCUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUSCUS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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