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ROUST
Definition of ROUST
verb
to rout out of bed; to rouse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1650s, variant of rouse, possibly influenced by rout.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ROUST · 4 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.
ROUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROUST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found ROUST?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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