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CUSHION
Definition of CUSHION
noun
A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support. A throw pillow. A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).
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.
CUSHION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CUSHION starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CHINOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUSHIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found CUSHION?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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