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SURCULI
Definition of SURCULI
noun
plural of surculus
SURCULUS
noun
A shoot from a rootstock; a sucker.
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Word DNA
SURCULI inherits its ancestry from its root, SURCULUS.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SURCULUS · 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.
SURCULI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SURCULI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CILRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SURCUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURCULI?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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