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CUSHY
Definition of CUSHY
adjective
Making few demands; comfortable, easy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani خوشی (xośī) / ख़ुशी (xuśī), from Classical Persian خوشی (xuši, “happiness”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (468)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUSHY · 4 relatives 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.
CUSHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CUSHY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CUSHY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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