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REDUCES
Definition of REDUCES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of reduce
verb
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
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Word DNA
REDUCES inherits its ancestry from its root, REDUCE.
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 (23,951)
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.
REDUCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
REDUCES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEERSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use 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.
Could you have found REDUCES?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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