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RUNNELS
Definition of RUNNELS
noun
plural of runnel
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Word DNA
RUNNELS inherits its ancestry from its root, RUNNEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (945)
branch · 22.8% 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.
RUNNELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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
RUNNELS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELNNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RUNNELS?
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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