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RUGELACH
Definition of RUGELACH
noun
A type of Jewish pastry, which may be filled with various fruit, nuts, chocolate, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish ראָגאַל (rogal) with plural suffix ־לעך (-lekh), from Polish rogal (“crescent roll”).
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.
RUGELACH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUGELACH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found RUGELACH?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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