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RIOTOUS
Definition of RIOTOUS
adjective
Having the characteristics of a riot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English riotous, from Anglo-Norman riotous; equivalent to riot + -ous.
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.
RIOTOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RIOTOUS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IOORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start RIOTOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
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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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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