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RISQUE
Definition of RISQUE
adjective
Alternative form of risqué.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See risqué.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
RISQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RISQUE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RISQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found RISQUE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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