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RONDAVELS
Definition of RONDAVELS
noun
plural of rondavel
noun
A traditional circular design of house, typically with a conical roof, commonly thatched. Still used in rural regions, but also popular as a theme in the ambience of resorts, either as chalets or as cheap utility buildings.
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Word DNA
RONDAVELS inherits its ancestry from its root, RONDAVEL.
Line of descent
- Afrikaans
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (143)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RONDAVEL · 1 relative 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.
RONDAVELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RONDAVELS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELNORSV - 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.
Could you have found RONDAVELS?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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