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RUFIYAA
Definition of RUFIYAA
noun
The official currency of the Maldives, equal to 100 laari.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dhivehi ރުފިޔާ (rufiyā), ultimately borrowed from Sanskrit रूप्यक (rūpyaka, “a silver coin”), from रूप्य (rūpya, “wrought silver”). Doublet of rupee and rupiah.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (775)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RUFIYAA · 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.
RUFIYAA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUFIYAA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAFIRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found RUFIYAA?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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