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RUINOUS
Definition of RUINOUS
adjective
Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ruynous, from Old French ruinos, ruineus, from Latin ruīnōsus. By surface analysis, ruin + -ous.
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.
RUINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUINOUS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read INORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RUINOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found RUINOUS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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