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RIBOSE
Definition of RIBOSE
noun
A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.
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.
RIBOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIBOSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RIBOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found RIBOSE?
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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