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RUCHED
Definition of RUCHED
adjective
(of cloth) with tight elastic folds
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ruche + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RUCHE · 6 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.
RUCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUCHED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found RUCHED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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