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RUFFED
Definition of RUFFED
verb
simple past and past participle of ruff
noun
A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (1560s–1620s).
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Word DNA
RUFFED inherits its ancestry from its root, RUFF.
How it is built
Same root, RUFF · 3 relatives 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.
RUFFED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUFFED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFFRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RUFFED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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