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ROUSTING
Definition of ROUSTING
verb
present participle and gerund of roust
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Word DNA
ROUSTING inherits its ancestry from its root, ROUST.
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.
ROUSTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 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 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROUSTING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found ROUSTING?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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