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REDACT
Definition of REDACT
verb
To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + agō (“put in motion, drive”). Piecewise doublet of react.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REDACT · 3 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.
REDACT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDACT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REDACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found REDACT?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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