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RUNCIBLE
Definition of RUNCIBLE
adjective
A nonce word used for humorous effect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
RUNCIBLE carries a second meaning.
adjective
A nonsense word.
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).
Word DNA
How it is built
RUNCIBLE in a sentence
“Its most notable historical feature is the coinage of the term runcible spoon.”
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 39 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 22
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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