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ROUGHER
Definition of ROUGHER
adjective
comparative form of rough: more rough
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Word DNA
ROUGHER inherits its ancestry from its root, ROUGH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROUGH · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROUGHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROUGHER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGHORRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start ROUGHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROUGHER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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