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RIGHTEOUS
Definition of RIGHTEOUS
adjective
Free from sin or guilt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier rightuous, rightwose, rightwos, rightwise, from Middle English rightwise, rightwis, from Old English rihtwīs (“righteous, just”), corresponding to right + -wise (with assimilation of second element to -ous), or to right + wise (“way, manner”). Cognate with Scots richtwis (“righteous”), Old High German rehtwīsic (“righteous, just”), Icelandic réttvíss (“righteous, just”). Compare also thefteous, mighteous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names German, Icelandic, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIGHTEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RIGHTEOUS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHIORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RIGHTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found RIGHTEOUS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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