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RUNOFF
Definition of RUNOFF
noun
That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from run off.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RUNOFF · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUNOFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUNOFF starts with R and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FFNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RUNOFF?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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