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WURZEL
Definition of WURZEL
noun
A rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Wurzel (“root”), via mangelwurzel, a root crop cultivated for livestock feed beginning in the 18th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WURZEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WURZEL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELRUWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found WURZEL?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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