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RIND
Definition of RIND
noun
Tree bark.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RIND starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RIND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found RIND?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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