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RONDEAU
Definition of RONDEAU
noun
A fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French rondeau, from Old French rondel. Doublet of rondo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,360)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RONDEAU · 2 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.
RONDEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RONDEAU starts with R and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ADENORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found RONDEAU?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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