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RUNAGATE
Definition of RUNAGATE
noun
A deserter, renegade or apostate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Corruption of renegade, influenced by run + agate (“on the way, agoing”).
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.
RUNAGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 56, 15 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RUNAGATE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start RUNAGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found RUNAGATE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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