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RUBIER

/ˈɹuː.bi/6 letters

Definition of RUBIER

Wiktionary has no entry for RUBIER itself. This is its base word, RUBY.

noun

A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for RUBY.

From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus. Doublet of rubi and rubine. Sense 7 (“pronunciation guide”) is from the British 5½-point type size (sense 6), used for annotations in printed documents.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,695)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, RUBI · 2 relatives in the game

RUBIRUBIS

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RUBIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
30
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

cowandjones

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RUBIER
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RUBIER starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEIRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found RUBIER?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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