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RIDICULES
Definition of RIDICULES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of ridicule
verb
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
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Word DNA
RIDICULES inherits its ancestry from its root, RIDICULE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RIDICULE · 2 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.
RIDICULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 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
RIDICULES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIILRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start RIDICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found RIDICULES?
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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