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RIBALD
Definition of RIBALD
adjective
Coarsely, vulgarly, or lewdly amusing; referring to sexual matters in a rude or irreverent way.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ribald, from Old French ribaud, ribauld (“rogue, scoundrel”) (> English ribaud), from Old French riber (“to be licentious”), from Frankish *rīban (“to copulate, be in heat”, literally “to rub”), from Proto-Germanic *wrībaną (“to turn, twist, writhe”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist”) + Old French -aud, from Frankish *-wald. Related to Old High German rīban (“to rub”), German reiben (“to rub”), Dutch wrijven (“to rub”). Compare also Old High German hrība (“prostitute”). See also English wrap.
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.
RIBALD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 275 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIBALD starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDILR - 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 RIBALD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found RIBALD?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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