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RUNCIBLE

/ˈɹʌnsɪb(ə)l/8 letters

Definition of RUNCIBLE

adjective

A nonce word used for humorous effect.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

A nonce word coined by the English artist and poet Edward Lear (1812–1888) in his poem The Owl and the Pussy-cat (published 1870). It has been suggested that the word was modelled after rounceval, rouncival (“a large pea, the marrowfat”) (late 16th c.).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RUNCIBLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 19 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
22
First board
110
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.

Built from these letters

RUNCIBLE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RUNCIBLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEILNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found RUNCIBLE?

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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.

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