The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RAVINE
Definition of RAVINE
noun
A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ravin (“a gully”), from Old French raviner (“to pillage, sweep down, cascade”), from ravine (“robbery, rapine; violent rush of water, waterfall, avalanche; impetuosity, spirit”), from Latin rapīna (cf. rapine).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
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.
RAVINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAVINE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found RAVINE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER