The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RUDERAL
Definition of RUDERAL
noun
Any plant growing in rubbish or very poor soil.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin rūderālis, from Latin rūdus (“rubble”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUDERAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUDERAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADELRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RUDERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUDERAL?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER