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RUNNER
Definition of RUNNER
noun
Agent noun of run; one who runs. A person who moves, on foot, at a fast pace, especially an athlete.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Displaced earlier Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”). ((botany) a long stolon sent by a plant): Compare typologically Russian побе́г (pobég) (akin to бежа́ть (bežátʹ)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUNNER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RUNNER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ENNRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUNNER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUNNER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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