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RIOT
Definition of RIOT
noun
A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English riot (“debauched living, dissipation”), from Old French riote (“debate”), from rioter (“to quarrel”), perhaps related to riboter or from Latin rugio (“to roar”). Compare French riotte and Occitan riòta.
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.
RIOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RIOT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RIOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found RIOT?
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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