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RAMROD
Definition of RAMROD
noun
Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ram + rod.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RAMROD · 3 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.
RAMROD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAMROD starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADMORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RAMROD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RAMROD?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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