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RATSBANE
Definition of RATSBANE
noun
Rat poison; white arsenic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rat's + bane. Compare henbane.
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.
RATSBANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RATSBANE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABENRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 RATSBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found RATSBANE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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