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RUDDLEMAN
Definition of RUDDLEMAN
noun
Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained
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Where it comes from
From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUDDLEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
RUDDLEMAN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADDELMNRU - 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 RUDDLEMAN?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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