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CUTLASS
Definition of CUTLASS
noun
A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French coutelas, from Old French coutel (“knife”) + -as (augmentative suffix).
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.
CUTLASS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUTLASS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACLSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CUTLAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUTLASS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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