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CUSTOMARY
Definition of CUSTOMARY
adjective
In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English custumary, from Medieval Latin custumarius. By surface analysis, custom + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUSTOMARY · 2 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.
CUSTOMARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CUSTOMARY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACMORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUSTOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CUSTOMARY?
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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