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RITTER
Definition of RITTER
noun
knight
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German Ritter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (930)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RITT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RITTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RITTER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RITTER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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