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RUNOFFS
Definition of RUNOFFS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
RUNOFFS inherits its ancestry from its root, RUNOFF.
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.
RUNOFFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUNOFFS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FFNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RUNOFFS?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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