The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ROST
Definition of ROST
noun
Alternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found ROST?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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