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REIGN
Definition of REIGN
noun
The exercise of sovereign power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).
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.
REIGN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REIGN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REIGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found REIGN?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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