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RAISIN
Definition of RAISIN
noun
A dried grape.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RAISIN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Persian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAISIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAISIN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start RAISIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found RAISIN?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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