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RAPHE
Definition of RAPHE
noun
A seamlike ridge or furrow on an organ, bodily tissue, or other structure, typically marking the line where two halves or sections fused in the embryo. The connecting ridge between the two halves of the medulla oblongata or the tegmentum of the midbrain.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin raphē, from Ancient Greek ῥᾰφή (rhăphḗ, “seam; suture”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RAPHE · 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.
RAPHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RAPHE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found RAPHE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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