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RUGLIKE
Definition of RUGLIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a rug.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rug + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RUG · 10 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.
RUGLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUGLIKE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGIKLRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found RUGLIKE?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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