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ROOTLE
Definition of ROOTLE
verb
(of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From root (“to dig”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
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.
ROOTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROOTLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROOTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found ROOTLE?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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