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RAINSPOUT
Definition of RAINSPOUT
noun
A spout through which rainwater can drain from the roof of a building, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rain + spout.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAINSPOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAINSPOUT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AINOPRSTU - 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 RAINSP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found RAINSPOUT?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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