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ROOSE
Definition of ROOSE
verb
To flatter or praise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rosen (“to boast”), from Old Norse hrósa (“to boast; praise”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþsōną, from *hrōþaz, *hrōþiz (“fame; glory; praise”). Cognate with Icelandic hrósa, Danish rose, Swedish rosa.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ROOSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ROOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROOSE?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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