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REGRESS
Definition of REGRESS
noun
The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”). Doublet of regressus.
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.
REGRESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
REGRESS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGRRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 REGRES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found REGRESS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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