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RIPOSTE
Definition of RIPOSTE
noun
A thrust given in return after parrying an attack.
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIPOSTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RIPOSTE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 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.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found RIPOSTE?
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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