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REALISTIC
Definition of REALISTIC
adjective
Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From realist + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REALISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REALISTIC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REALIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found REALISTIC?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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