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RAUCOUS
Definition of RAUCOUS
adjective
Harsh and rough-sounding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin raucus (“hoarse, husky, raucous”).
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.
RAUCOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAUCOUS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start RAUCOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found RAUCOUS?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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