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RHUBARBS
Definition of RHUBARBS
noun
plural of rhubarb.
noun
Any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous).
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Word DNA
RHUBARBS inherits its ancestry from its root, RHUBARB.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHUBARB · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Old Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RHUBARBS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHUBARBS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABBHRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and B appear more than once.
Words that start RHUBAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHUBARBS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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