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RIDGEPOLE
Definition of RIDGEPOLE
noun
A beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached.
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Where it comes from
From ridge + pole.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIDGEPOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
Built from these letters
RIDGEPOLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEGILOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found RIDGEPOLE?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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