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RHOMBOI
Definition of RHOMBOI
noun
plural of rhombos
noun
A musical instrument used in ancient mystical ceremonies, whirled to producing a roaring sound.
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Word DNA
RHOMBOI inherits its ancestry from its root, RHOMBOS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHOMBOS · 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.
RHOMBOI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHOMBOI starts with R and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read BHIMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start RHOMBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHOMBOI?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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