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RIGOROUS
Definition of RIGOROUS
adjective
Showing, causing, or favoring rigour/rigor; scrupulously accurate or strict; thorough.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English rigorous, from Middle French and Anglo-Norman rigoreus, derived from Late Latin rigōrōsus (stiff, rigid; inflexible). By surface analysis, rigor + -ous.
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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.
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Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RIGOROUS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIOORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and O appear more than once.
Words that start RIGORO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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