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CUTPURSE

/ˈkʌtˌpɜːs/8 letters

Definition of CUTPURSE

noun

A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English cutte-purs; equivalent to cut + purse: originally, purses were worn by a strap at the girdle, which the thief would cut.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CUTPURSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 119
Its 13 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
57
First board
118
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

albandp

on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CUTPURSE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CUTPURSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEPRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start CUTPUR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.

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