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RICHEST
Definition of RICHEST
adjective
superlative form of rich: most rich
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Word DNA
RICHEST inherits its ancestry from its root, RICH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,314)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RICH · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RICHEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RICHEST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEHIRST - 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 RICHES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RICHEST?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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