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ROCKHOUND
Definition of ROCKHOUND
noun
Alternative spelling of rock hound.
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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.
ROCKHOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROCKHOUND starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHKNOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ROCKHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ROCKHOUND?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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