The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ROOTLIKE
Definition of ROOTLIKE
adjective
Resembling a root or roots (of a plant), or some aspect of them.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From root + -like.
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.
ROOTLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ROOTLIKE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found ROOTLIKE?
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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