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RATTANS
Definition of RATTANS
noun
plural of rattan
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Word DNA
RATTANS inherits its ancestry from its root, RATTAN.
Line of descent
- Malay
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (97)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RATTAN · 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.
RATTANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RATTANS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AANRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RATTANS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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