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REFINISH
Definition of REFINISH
verb
To finish again; especially, to apply a fresh finish, as a new coat of varnish or paint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + finish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REFINISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFINISH starts with R and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFHIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 REFINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found REFINISH?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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