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RATIONALES
Definition of RATIONALES
noun
plural of rationale
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RATIONALES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
RATIONALES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RATION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found RATIONALES?
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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