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RONDELETS
Definition of RONDELETS
noun
plural of rondelet
noun
A metric verse (form), modeled after the rondeau, in two rhymes over seven lines, the first (in four syllables) being repeated as third and refrain (final one), each other line having eight syllables
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Word DNA
RONDELETS inherits its ancestry from its root, RONDELET.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (818)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RONDELET · 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.
RONDELETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RONDELETS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEELNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RONDEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RONDELETS?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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