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ROEBUCK
Definition of ROEBUCK
noun
A male roe deer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English roobukke; equivalent to roe + buck (“male deer”). Doublet of rhebok.
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.
ROEBUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROEBUCK starts with R and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BCEKORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found ROEBUCK?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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