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REDUCE
Definition of REDUCE
verb
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English reducen, from Old French reduire, from Latin redūcō (“reduce”); from re- (“back”) + dūcō (“lead”). See duke, and compare with redoubt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 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
Same root, REDUCE · 8 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.
REDUCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REDUCE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEERU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REDUCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found REDUCE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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