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ROUNDELAY
Definition of ROUNDELAY
noun
A poem or song having a line or phrase repeated at regular intervals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French rondelet, diminutive of Old French rondel (French: rondeau). Ending -lay either from lay (“ballad or sung poem”), or from virelay.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROUNDELAY · 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.
ROUNDELAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROUNDELAY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADELNORUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROUNDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found ROUNDELAY?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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