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RHOPALIC
Definition of RHOPALIC
adjective
Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin rhopalicus, from Ancient Greek ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, bat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RHOPALIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHOPALIC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHILOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RHOPAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHOPALIC?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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