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RAILROADS
Definition of RAILROADS
noun
plural of railroad
noun
A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
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Word DNA
RAILROADS inherits its ancestry from its root, RAILROAD.
How it is built
Same root, RAILROAD · 2 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.
RAILROADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAILROADS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADILORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start RAILRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RAILROADS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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