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ROOTSY
Definition of ROOTSY
adjective
Unadorned; suggestive of earlier times.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From roots + -y.
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.
ROOTSY 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 43 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
ROOTSY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read OORSTY - 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 ROOTSY?
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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