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PRETERIT
Definition of PRETERIT
noun
Alternative form of preterite.
PRETERITE
adjective
Showing an action at a determined moment in the past.
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Word DNA
PRETERIT inherits its ancestry from its root, PRETERITE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRETERITE · 2 relatives 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.
PRETERIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRETERIT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEIPRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and T appear 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.
Words that start PRETER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRETERIT?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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