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RAGOUT
Definition of RAGOUT
noun
a stew of meat and vegetables mixed together
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ragoût. Compare ragù of the same origin, borrowed from Italian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,168)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RAGOUT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAGOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAGOUT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RAGOUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found RAGOUT?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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