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RUGULOSE
Definition of RUGULOSE
adjective
Having small or fine-grained wrinkles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See rugose and -ule.
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.
RUGULOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RUGULOSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGLORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found RUGULOSE?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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