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RUNTINESS
Definition of RUNTINESS
noun
The quality of being runty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From runty + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RUNTINESS 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 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUNTINESS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINNRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RUNTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUNTINESS?
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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