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RUDDOCK
Definition of RUDDOCK
noun
The European robin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ruddocke, ruddok, roddok, from Old English rudduc, ruduc (“robin, ruddock”, literally “little red one, red-ling”), equivalent to rud (“redness”) + -ock (diminutive suffix). The Welsh rhuddog, and Cornish rudhek (“the redbreast”) are probably from the English, although a derivation from a British Celtic *roudākos (< *roudos "red") for all three cannot be ruled out. More at rud.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (59)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUDDOCK · 1 relative 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.
RUDDOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 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
RUDDOCK starts with R and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDDKORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RUDDOCK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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