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RUGGEDNESS
Definition of RUGGEDNESS
noun
The state of being rugged, or degree to which something is rugged.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rugged + -ness.
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.
RUGGEDNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUGGEDNESS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEGGNRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUGGED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUGGEDNESS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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