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RIVERBANK
Definition of RIVERBANK
noun
A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
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Where it comes from
From river + bank.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RIVERBANK · 1 relative 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.
RIVERBANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIVERBANK starts with R and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABEIKNRRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RIVERB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIVERBANK?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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