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REDACTINGS
Definition of REDACTINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for REDACTINGS itself. This is its base word, REDACT.
verb
To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for REDACT.
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 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
REDACTINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDACTINGS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REDACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REDACTINGS?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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