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RUTTINESS

9 letters

Definition of RUTTINESS

noun

The quality of being rutty.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From rutty + -ness.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RUTTINESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

RUTTINESS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RUTTINESS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINRSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start RUTTIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RUTTINGRUTTINGSRUTTINESSES

Could you have found RUTTINESS?

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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