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RUDIMENT
Definition of RUDIMENT
noun
A fundamental principle or skill, especially in a field of learning.
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Where it comes from
From Old French rudiment, from Latin rudimentum (“a first attempt, a beginning”), plural rudimenta (“the elements”), from rudis (“rude”); see rude. By surface analysis, rude + -i- + -ment.
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.
RUDIMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RUDIMENT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEIMNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RUDIME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found RUDIMENT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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