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ROTUNDEST

9 letters

Definition of ROTUNDEST

adjective

superlative form of rotund: most rotund

ROTUND

adjective

Having a round, spherical or curved shape; circular; orbicular.

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Word DNA

ROTUNDEST inherits its ancestry from its root, ROTUND.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,554)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, ROTUND · 5 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ROTUNDEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
57
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.

First ever to find it

drh

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ROTUNDEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ROTUNDEST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DENORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start ROTUND

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ROTUNDEST?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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