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REDS
Definition of REDS
noun
plural of red
RED
noun
The color of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the color which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive color.
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Word DNA
REDS inherits its ancestry from its root, RED.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, RED · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian and 4 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
REDS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DERS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REDS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found REDS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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