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RARE
Definition of RARE
adjective
Very uncommon; scarce.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rare, from Old French rare, rere (“rare, uncommon”), from Latin rārus (“loose, spaced apart, thin, infrequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“friable, thin”). Displaced native English geason (“rare, scarce”) (from Middle English gesen, from Old English gǣsne); and largely displaced Middle English seld (“rare, uncommon”) (from Old English selden) and Middle English seldscene (“rare, rarely seen, infrequent”) (from Old English seldsēne) hence modern English seld
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RARE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AERR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 RARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found RARE?
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