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ROLF
Definition of ROLF
verb
To apply the Rolfing massage technique to.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ida Pauline Rolf.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ROLF · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROLF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
ROLF starts with R and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FLOR - 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 ROLF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ROLF?
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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