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RECHEATS
Definition of RECHEATS
noun
plural of recheat
noun
A series of notes blown on a horn as a signal in hunting to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
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Word DNA
RECHEATS inherits its ancestry from its root, RECHEAT.
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (259)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RECHEAT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RECHEATS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RECHEATS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RECHEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RECHEATS?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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