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CUTIS
Definition of CUTIS
noun
The true skin, underlying the epidermis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin cutis (“living skin”).
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.
CUTIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUTIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CISTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CUTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found CUTIS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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