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RUGBY
Definition of RUGBY
noun
A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
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Where it comes from
From the name of Rugby School in Rugby, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, where the modern game was developed in the 19th century. The place name Rugby is attested in the Domesday Book as Old English Rocheberie (probably equivalent to rook (“Corvus frugilegus, a bird of the crow family”) + -by (suffix indicating a village or town)), possibly from *Hrōcebyriġ, dative singular of *Hrōceburh, from hrōc (“rook”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to crow”)) + burh, burg (“castle, fort, stronghold; city; town”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“hill, mountain; high, lofty; to rise”)).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, RUGBY · 1 relative in the game
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUGBY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RUGBY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BGRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found RUGBY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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