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RAJAH
Definition of RAJAH
noun
A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, RAJAH · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAJAH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAJAH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AAHJR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start RAJAH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found RAJAH?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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