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RONDELLE
Definition of RONDELLE
noun
A small circular object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French rondelle. Doublet of redondilla.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,081)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RONDELLE · 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.
RONDELLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RONDELLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEELLNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 RONDEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RONDELLE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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