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ROULEAUS
Definition of ROULEAUS
noun
plural of rouleau
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Word DNA
ROULEAUS inherits its ancestry from its root, ROULEAU.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,141)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROULEAU · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROULEAUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROULEAUS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found ROULEAUS?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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