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RICHES
Definition of RICHES
noun
Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English riches, plural of riche (“power, wealth”), from Old English rīċe (“power, authority, dominion”). Confused with Middle English richesse (“wealth”), from Old French richesse, from riche (“rich, wealthy”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *rīki (“rich”) from Proto-Germanic *rīkijaz (“rich, powerful”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct, make right”). Akin to Old High German rīhhi (“rich”) (German reich (“rich”)), Old English rīċe (“rich”), Old English racu (“explanation, reasoning”). More at rich.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RICHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RICHES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RICHES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found RICHES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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