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RUBESCENT
Definition of RUBESCENT
adjective
turning red; reddening
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere. By surface analysis, Latin rub(eō) + -escent.
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.
RUBESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUBESCENT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCEENRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RUBESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found RUBESCENT?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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