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RIDGELING
Definition of RIDGELING
noun
A male animal with at least one testicle still in the inguinal canal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ridge + -ling, presumably from the supposition the remaining testicle(s) remain(s) near the back.
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.
RIDGELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RIDGELING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGGIILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and G appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RIDGEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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