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RIGOROUS

/ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/8 letters

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.

Day 1Day 125
Its one board, across 125 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

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
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

RIGOROUSLYRIGOROUSNESSRIGOROUSNESSES

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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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