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RIVALLED
Definition of RIVALLED
verb
simple past and past participle of rival
noun
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
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Word DNA
RIVALLED inherits its ancestry from its root, RIVAL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RIVAL · 10 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.
RIVALLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIVALLED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILLRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RIVALL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIVALLED?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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