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RICIN
Definition of RICIN
noun
An extremely toxic lectin extracted from the castor bean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ricinus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RICIN · 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.
RICIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 130 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RICIN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start RICIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RICIN?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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