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RUFFLIKE
Definition of RUFFLIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a ruff.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ruff + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUFFLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUFFLIKE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFFIKLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUFFLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUFFLIKE?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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