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RICOCHET
Definition of RICOCHET
noun
A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French ricochet, of uncertain origin.
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.
RICOCHET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RICOCHET starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCEHIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start RICOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RICOCHET?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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