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ROUSEABOUT
Definition of ROUSEABOUT
noun
Alternative form of roustabout.
ROUSTABOUT
noun
An unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROUSEABOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROUSEABOUT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEOORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start ROUSEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROUSEABOUT?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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