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RESIDUA
Definition of RESIDUA
noun
plural of residuum
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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.
RESIDUA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESIDUA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEIRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RESIDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESIDUA?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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