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RIBBINGS

8 letters

Definition of RIBBINGS

noun

plural of ribbing

RIBBING

adjective

jesting; joking

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Word DNA

RIBBINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, RIBBING.

How it is built

nouncompound-ing

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RIBBINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 161
Its one board, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

wil

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RIBBINGS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RIBBINGS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BBGIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and B appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start RIBBIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found RIBBINGS?

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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