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REGGAES

/ˈɹɛɡeɪ/7 letters

Definition of REGGAES

Wiktionary has no entry for REGGAES itself. This is its base word, REGGAE.

noun

A music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s and is heavily associated with Rastafarianism, featuring a heavy bass line and percussive rhythm guitar on the offbeat, often with close vocal harmonies.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for REGGAE.

From Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”), see rag; originally used in the 1960s to describe a Jamaican dance. Compare ragtime. Broader musical sense popularized by the 1968 Maytals song “Do the Reggay”.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, REGGAE · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

REGGAES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
29
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.

First ever to find it

hoosierdaddy

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

REGGAES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

REGGAES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and G 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.

AGREGESRAGGEES

Words that start REGGAE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

REGGAEREGGAETONREGGAETONS

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