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ROOTLESS
Definition of ROOTLESS
adjective
Of a plant or another thing, having no roots.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, root + less.
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.
ROOTLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ROOTLESS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELOORSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ROOTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROOTLESS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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