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ROLL
Definition of ROLL
verb
To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source. Displaced native English welt and partially displaced English wallow.
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.
ROLL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ROLL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read LLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ROLL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROLL?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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