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REEFINGS

8 letters

Definition of REEFINGS

noun

plural of reefing

REEFING

noun

The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

REEFINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 9 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
34
First board
150
Latest board
63
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

tysomn

on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

REEFINGS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

REEFINGS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

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 REEFIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found REEFINGS?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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