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RIDDING
Definition of RIDDING
verb
present participle and gerund of rid
RID
verb
Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rid + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RID · 4 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.
RIDDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIDDING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDGIINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found RIDDING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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