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RUDDLE
Definition of RUDDLE
noun
A form of red ochre sometimes used to mark sheep.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rud + -le. Compare German Rötel (“track”), Post-Classical Latin rudellum. Compare to reddle and raddle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RUDDLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUDDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUDDLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DDELRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUDDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUDDLE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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