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WOODRUFF
Definition of WOODRUFF
noun
Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English wudurofe, from wudu (“wood”) + rofe, of uncertain meaning and origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,135)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WOODRUFF · 1 relative 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.
WOODRUFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOODRUFF starts with W and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read DFFOORUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WOODRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WOODRUFF?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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