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RESIDUUMS
Definition of RESIDUUMS
noun
plural of residuum
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Word DNA
RESIDUUMS inherits its ancestry from its root, RESIDUUM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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, 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.
RESIDUUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESIDUUMS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIMRSSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and U appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RESIDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESIDUUMS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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