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RANGOLIS
Definition of RANGOLIS
noun
plural of rangoli
noun
A geometric or stylized design on the floor (or other flat surface) made using small coloured granules, powder or flowers.
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Word DNA
RANGOLIS inherits its ancestry from its root, RANGOLI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (252)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RANGOLI · 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.
RANGOLIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RANGOLIS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGILNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found RANGOLIS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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