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REDACTION
Definition of REDACTION
noun
An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
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Where it comes from
From French rédaction or its etymon New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“to put in motion, to drive”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REDACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REDACTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINORT - 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.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found REDACTION?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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