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RAIKED
Definition of RAIKED
verb
simple past and past participle of raik
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Word DNA
RAIKED inherits its ancestry from its root, RAIK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, RAIK · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Norwegian, Old English.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAIKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RAIKED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RAIKED?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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