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CUTWORK
Definition of CUTWORK
noun
A form of embroidery in which intervening fabric is cut away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cut-werk, equivalent to cut + work.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUTWORK · 1 relative 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.
CUTWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUTWORK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKORTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CUTWOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUTWORK?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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