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SCULPTURE
Definition of SCULPTURE
noun
A three-dimensional work of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sculpture, from Old French sculpture, from Latin sculptūra (“sculpture”), from sculpō (“to cut out, to carve in stone”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCULPTURE · 3 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.
SCULPTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SCULPTURE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELPRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SCULPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCULPTURE?
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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