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RHIZOMES
Definition of RHIZOMES
noun
plural of rhizome
noun
A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
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Word DNA
RHIZOMES inherits its ancestry from its root, RHIZOME.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHIZOME · 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.
RHIZOMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHIZOMES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIMORSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start RHIZOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found RHIZOMES?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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