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REFRACTING
Definition of REFRACTING
verb
present participle and gerund of refract
verb
Of a medium, substance, object, etc.: to deflect the course of (light rays), esp. when they enter the medium, etc., at an oblique angle; to cause refraction of (light, other electromagnetic radiation, or sound or other wave phenomena).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REFRACTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REFRACTING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEFGINRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start REFRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REFRACTING?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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