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RUCK
Definition of RUCK
noun
A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ruke, from or related to Old Norse hraukr, which is from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“haystack, heap”). Compare Icelandic hrúka, Swedish ruka.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (993)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUCK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 158 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUCK starts with R and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RUCK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found RUCK?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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