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CUTLAS
Definition of CUTLAS
noun
Obsolete form of cutlass.
noun
A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
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Word DNA
CUTLAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CUTLASS.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,410)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUTLASS · 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.
CUTLAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 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
CUTLAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLSTU - 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 CUTLAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CUTLAS?
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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