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RIGHTNESS
Definition of RIGHTNESS
noun
The characteristic of being right; correctness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English rightnesse, riȝtnesse, rihtnesse, from Old English rihtnes, rehtnis, from Proto-West Germanic *rehtanassī (“rightness, justice”), equivalent to right + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian rjochtens (“rightness”), Middle Dutch rechtenesse (“rightness, justification”), Old High German rehtnissa (“justice”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (808)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIGHTNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIGHTNESS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHINRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RIGHTN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIGHTNESS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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