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RUNNEL
Definition of RUNNEL
noun
A small stream, a rivulet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English runel, rennel, rinel, from Old English rynel (“that which runs; runner; stream”), from Proto-Germanic *runilaz, equivalent to run + -el. Cognate with Scots rinel, rinnal (“stream; runnel”), Swedish rännel (“runner; runnel”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (951)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUNNEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUNNEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUNNEL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELNNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RUNNEL?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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