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ROUNDER
Definition of ROUNDER
adjective
comparative form of round: more round
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rounder, roundere, equivalent to round + -er (comparative suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROUND · 14 relatives 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.
ROUNDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 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
ROUNDER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DENORRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROUNDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROUNDER?
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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