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RUSTLING
Definition of RUSTLING
verb
present participle and gerund of rustle
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *rustlynge, rustland, from Old English hrīstlende, *hrȳstlende, present participle of Old English *hrȳstlan (“to rustle”), equivalent to rustle + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUSTLE · 3 relatives 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.
RUSTLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUSTLING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RUSTLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found RUSTLING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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