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RICKSHAW
Definition of RICKSHAW
noun
A two-wheeled carriage pulled along by a person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 / 人力车 (rénlìchē)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (85)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RICKSHAW · 5 relatives 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.
RICKSHAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 224 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RICKSHAW starts with R and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACHIKRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RICKSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found RICKSHAW?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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