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REKEY
Definition of REKEY
verb
To enter information into a device, such as a keyboard or keypad, after it has been done at least once before.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + key.
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.
REKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REKEY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEKRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 REKEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REKEY?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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