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RANULAS
Definition of RANULAS
noun
plural of ranula
noun
A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.
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Word DNA
RANULAS inherits its ancestry from its root, RANULA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- French
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RANULA · 1 relative 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.
RANULAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
Built from these letters
RANULAS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AALNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found RANULAS?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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