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RUFFLE
Definition of RUFFLE
noun
Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
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.
RUFFLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RUFFLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFFLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUFFLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUFFLE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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