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RHINESTONE
Definition of RHINESTONE
noun
A diamond simulant, strass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Rhine + stone; a calque of French caillou du Rhin (“Rhine pebble”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,529)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHINESTONE · 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.
RHINESTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
RHINESTONE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHINNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RHINES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHINESTONE?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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