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RIEMPIE
Definition of RIEMPIE
noun
A strip of worked leather, especially as used to form crisscrossed patterns on the back of chairs etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From South African Dutch riempje, later Afrikaans riempie, diminutive form of riem.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
35th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (145)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIEMPIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIEMPIE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIIMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start RIEMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIEMPIE?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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