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ROLLER
Definition of ROLLER
noun
Anything that rolls. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure. A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal. A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
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Word DNA
ROLLER inherits its ancestry from its root, ROLL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROLL · 8 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.
ROLLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 153, 20 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ROLLER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ELLORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 ROLLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROLLER?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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