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RAPINE
Definition of RAPINE
noun
The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
RAPINE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Forcible seizure of another's property; plunder.
To plunder violently or by superior force.
noun
The violent seizure and carrying off of property; open plunder by armed or superior force, as in war or by invasion or raid.
noun
Violence; force; ravishment.
Where it comes from
From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAPINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RAPINE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of RAPINE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found RAPINE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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