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RAFFISH
Definition of RAFFISH
adjective
Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late 18th century raff (“persons among the lowest class in society”) + -ish, still retained in contemporary English with riffraff. From Old French raffer (“to wear away”), of Germanic origin. Compare German raffen. Compare rip (“to tear”), rap (“to snatch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (826)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
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.
RAFFISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
RAFFISH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFFHIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RAFFIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RAFFISH?
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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