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RATOON
Definition of RATOON
noun
A shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
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Where it comes from
Possibly from Spanish retoño. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RATOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RATOON starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ANOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RATOON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found RATOON?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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