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RULE
Definition of RULE
noun
A regulation, law, guideline.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English reule, rewle, rule, borrowed from Old French riule, reule, from Latin regula (“straight stick, bar, ruler, pattern”), from regō (“to keep straight, direct, govern, rule”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rigol.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RULE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 RULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found RULE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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