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ROUNDHOUSE
Definition of ROUNDHOUSE
noun
A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From round + house, a calque of Dutch rondhuis (“guardhouse”). First attested in the Mid-15th c.
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.
ROUNDHOUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROUNDHOUSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEHNOORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start ROUNDH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found ROUNDHOUSE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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