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REFRAIN
Definition of REFRAIN
verb
To hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English refreynen, from Anglo-Norman refrener, Old French refrener, from Latin refrēnāre, from re- + frēnāre, from frēnum.
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.
REFRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
REFRAIN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFINRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start REFRAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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