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RHYME
Definition of RHYME
noun
Rhyming verse (poetic form).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rim, rime, ryme (“identical letters or sounds in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; measure, meter, rhythm; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”), from Anglo-Norman rime, ryme (“identical letters or sounds in words from the vowel in their stressed syllables to their ends; song, verse, etc., with rhyming lines”) (modern French rime); further etymology uncertain, possibly either:
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RHYME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 2, 23 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHYME starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RHYME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHYME?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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