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RONDELS
Definition of RONDELS
noun
plural of rondel
noun
A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
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Word DNA
RONDELS inherits its ancestry from its root, RONDEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RONDEL · 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.
RONDELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RONDELS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DELNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RONDEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found RONDELS?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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