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RACONTEURS
Definition of RACONTEURS
noun
plural of raconteur
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Word DNA
RACONTEURS inherits its ancestry from its root, RACONTEUR.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,081)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RACONTEUR · 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.
RACONTEURS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 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
RACONTEURS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENORRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RACONT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RACONTEURS?
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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