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RHOTIC
Definition of RHOTIC
adjective
That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ to be followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); who speaks with such an accent.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from rhotacism, coined in 1968 by John C. Wells. Pronunciation of the English word air in a rhotic (American) and non-rhotic (British) accent respectively:
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.
RHOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHOTIC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 RHOTIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found RHOTIC?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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