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ROUNCEVAL
Definition of ROUNCEVAL
noun
A giant; anything large.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes.
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.
ROUNCEVAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROUNCEVAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACELNORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROUNCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROUNCEVAL?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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