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RUDIMENTS
Definition of RUDIMENTS
noun
plural of rudiment
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Word DNA
RUDIMENTS inherits its ancestry from its root, RUDIMENT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUDIMENT · 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.
RUDIMENTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUDIMENTS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RUDIME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found RUDIMENTS?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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