The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RUGGEDISED
Definition of RUGGEDISED
verb
simple past and past participle of ruggedise
RUGGEDIZE · via ruggedise
verb
To produce a more rugged version of something, so that it will withstand rough treatment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
RUGGEDISED inherits its ancestry from its root, RUGGEDISE.
How it is built
Same root, RUGGEDISE · 2 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.
RUGGEDISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUGGEDISED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEGGIRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G, E and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUGGED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUGGEDISED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER