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CUSHIONET
Definition of CUSHIONET
noun
A small cushion or pad, of various uses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French coissinet, French coussinet. See cushion and compare coussinet.
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.
CUSHIONET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 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 101, 29 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CUSHIONET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEHINOSTU - 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.
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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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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