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RAINDATE
Definition of RAINDATE
noun
An alternative date on which an event will be held if it rains on the originally scheduled date.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rain + date.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
RAINDATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 88 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RAINDATE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
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 RAINDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found RAINDATE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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