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RIVULETS
Definition of RIVULETS
noun
plural of rivulet
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Word DNA
RIVULETS inherits its ancestry from its root, RIVULET.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RIVULET · 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.
RIVULETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 176 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIVULETS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found RIVULETS?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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