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RIATA
Definition of RIATA
noun
A lariat or lasso.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish reata, from reatar (“to retie”). Compare lariat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (957)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RIATA · 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.
RIATA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RIATA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found RIATA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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