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RIDER
Definition of RIDER
noun
A mounted person. A knight, or other mounted warrior. An old Dutch gold coin with the figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. Someone who rides a horse or (later) a bicycle, motorcycle etc. A motorcycle enthusiast; a motorcycle club member. A mounted robber; a bandit, especially in the Scottish borders. Someone who breaks in or manages a horse; a riding master. An agent who goes out with samples of goods to obtain orders; a commercial traveller or travelling salesman. Someone riding in a vehicle; a passenger on public transport. A boarder, a person who rides a board in boardsports. A skateboarder A snowboarder
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ryder, ridere, from Late Old English rīdere (“rider, knight”). Compare Dutch rijder, German Reiter. By surface analysis, ride + -er.
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.
RIDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RIDER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEIRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RIDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIDER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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