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UNCURABLE
Definition of UNCURABLE
adjective
incurable
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English uncurable; equivalent to un- + curable.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,784)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNCURABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNCURABLE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCELNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UNCURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNCURABLE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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