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DEATHCUPS
Definition of DEATHCUPS
Wiktionary has no entry for DEATHCUPS itself. This is its base word, DEATHCUP.
noun
Synonym of death cap
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEATHCUP · 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.
DEATHCUPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
Built from these letters
DEATHCUPS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found DEATHCUPS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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