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ROOST
Definition of ROOST
noun
The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English roste (“chicken's roost; perch”), from Old English hrōst (“wooden framework of a roof; roost”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōst, from Proto-Germanic *hrōstaz (“wooden framework; grill”); see *raustijan. Cognate with Dutch roest (“roost”), German Low German Rust (“roost”), German Rost (“grate; gridiron; grill”).
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.
ROOST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ROOST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read OORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROOST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ROOST?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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