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CUTS
Definition of CUTS
noun
plural of cut
CUT
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Teutila Cuicatec.
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Word DNA
CUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, CUT.
Line of descent
9 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
37th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (128)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUT · 10 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.
CUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CUTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CUTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CUTS?
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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