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RALE
Definition of RALE
noun
An abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
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Where it comes from
From French râle (“groan”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,297)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RALE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RALE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found RALE?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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