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KURUS
Definition of KURUS
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Turkish lira.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Turkish kuruş, from German Groschen. Doublet of grosz.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KURU · 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.
KURUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KURUS starts with K and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found KURUS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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