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CUTANEOUS
Definition of CUTANEOUS
adjective
Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUTANEOUS · 1 relative 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.
CUTANEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 184 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUTANEOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CUTANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CUTANEOUS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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