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RAGTIME
Definition of RAGTIME
noun
A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Likely from ragged + time, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation, or from rag, an American dialectal term for a dance ball.
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.
RAGTIME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAGTIME starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 RAGTIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found RAGTIME?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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