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SPEEDRUN
Definition of SPEEDRUN
noun
A playthrough of a computer or video game in which the whole game or a select part of it, such as a single level, is played with the intent of completing it as quickly as possible, optionally with certain prerequisites.
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Where it comes from
From speed + run. There are isolated attestations of the term as far back as the 19th century, mostly hyphenated as speed-run and in an engineering context; it is unlikely that these cases influenced the modern form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SPEEDRUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPEEDRUN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEENPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SPEEDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPEEDRUN?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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