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TEACUPS
Definition of TEACUPS
noun
plural of teacup
noun
A small cup, usually with a handle, commonly used for drinking tea; normally sits in a saucer as part of a tea set.
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Word DNA
TEACUPS inherits its ancestry from its root, TEACUP.
How it is built
Same root, TEACUP · 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.
TEACUPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TEACUPS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TEACUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found TEACUPS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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