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REDOUBTS
Definition of REDOUBTS
noun
plural of redoubt
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Word DNA
REDOUBTS inherits its ancestry from its root, REDOUBT.
Line of descent
3 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, REDOUBT · 2 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.
REDOUBTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 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 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDOUBTS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 REDOUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found REDOUBTS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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