The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RUCKLING
Definition of RUCKLING
verb
present participle and gerund of ruckle
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Word DNA
RUCKLING inherits its ancestry from its root, RUCKLE.
How it is built
Same root, RUCKLE · 3 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.
RUCKLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUCKLING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKLNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found RUCKLING?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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