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RIYAL
Definition of RIYAL
noun
The official currency of Qatar, divided into 100 dirhams.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Arabic رِيَال (riyāl). Doublet of ariary, real, regal, and royal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RIYAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RIYAL starts with R and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RIYAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIYAL?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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