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ROOPIT
Definition of ROOPIT
adjective
Hoarse; husky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots roupit, roupet, past participle of Scots roup (“to shout”), equivalent to English roop + -ed. More at roop.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (349)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROOPIT · 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.
ROOPIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROOPIT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ROOPIT?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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