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RINGS
Definition of RINGS
noun
plural of ring
noun
A solid object in the shape of a circle. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
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Word DNA
RINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, RING.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, RING · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Polish, Proto-Slavic, Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
RINGS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RINGS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found RINGS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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