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ROIL
Definition of ROIL
verb
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain. Possibly from French or Middle French rouiller (“to rust, make muddy”), from Old French rouil (“mud, rust”), from Vulgar Latin *robicula, from Latin robigo (“rust, blight”)
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.
ROIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROIL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ROIL?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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