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RESCUE
Definition of RESCUE
verb
To save from any violence, danger or evil.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere (“to shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“to shake”). Displaced native Old English nerian.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RESCUE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RESCUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESCUE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEERSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RESCUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found RESCUE?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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