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ROUTS
Definition of ROUTS
noun
plural of rout
noun
A group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular , a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
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Word DNA
ROUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ROUT.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, ROUT · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ROUTS starts with R and ends with S. 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.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found ROUTS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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