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RIPOST
Definition of RIPOST
noun
A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”).
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.
RIPOST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIPOST starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IOPRST - 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 RIPOST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIPOST?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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