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RUNIC
Definition of RUNIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or written using runes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rune + -ic.
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.
RUNIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RUNIC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CINRU - 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.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found RUNIC?
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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