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RANTIPOLE
Definition of RANTIPOLE
noun
A rude, unruly young person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ranty and pole, poll (“head”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RANTIPOLE · 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.
RANTIPOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RANTIPOLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RANTIP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found RANTIPOLE?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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