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RIBBANDS
Definition of RIBBANDS
noun
plural of ribband
RIBBAND
noun
A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position and give rigidity to the framework.
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Word DNA
RIBBANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, RIBBAND.
How it is built
Same root, RIBBAND · 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.
RIBBANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 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
RIBBANDS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABBDINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RIBBAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIBBANDS?
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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