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RIGOL

/ˈɹɪɡ.ɒl/5 letters

Definition of RIGOL

noun

A circle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English rigol, from Middle French rigole. Doublet of rail, regal, regula, and rule.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle French
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Middle French

Deepest traced root

13th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.1%

of traced words share this origin (275)

Romance

branch · 15.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Every Middle French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RIGOL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 128
Its 2 boards, across 128 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
126
First board
128
Latest board
2
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

harlequinantics

on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RIGOL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RIGOL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read GILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start RIGOL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RIGOLLRIGOLSRIGOLLS

Could you have found RIGOL?

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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.

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