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REIFY
Definition of REIFY
verb
To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
REIFY carries 3 further meanings.
transitive verb
To regard or treat (an abstraction) as if it had concrete or material existence.
To make into a thing; make real or material; consider as a thing.
verb
consider an abstract concept to be real
Where it comes from
Back-formation from reification, calque from German. Formed as Latin rēs (“thing”) + -ify (English suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REIFY · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 219 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REIFY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFIRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of REIFY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found REIFY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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