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RUFFS
Definition of RUFFS
noun
plural 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
RUFFS 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.
RUFFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUFFS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RUFFS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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