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RESIDUUM
Definition of RESIDUUM
noun
The residue, remainder or rest of something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin residuum. Doublet of residue.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,794)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RESIDUUM · 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.
RESIDUUM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESIDUUM starts with R and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEIMRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RESIDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESIDUUM?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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