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RURIDECANAL
Definition of RURIDECANAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a rural dean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin rūs, rūris (“the country”) + decānus (“the chief of ten”). See dean. By surface analysis, Latin rūr- + -i- + dec- + -an + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RURIDECANAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RURIDECANAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILNRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Could you have found RURIDECANAL?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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