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RUEFUL
Definition of RUEFUL
adjective
Causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow, especially in a wry or humorous way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ruful, rewful. By surface analysis, rue + -ful.
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.
RUEFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUEFUL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EFLRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start RUEFUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found RUEFUL?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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