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RANCE
Definition of RANCE
noun
A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RANCE · 2 relatives 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.
RANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RANCE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RANCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RANCE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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