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RENITENCY
Definition of RENITENCY
noun
Alternative form of renitence.
RENITENCE
noun
The state or quality of being renitent; resistance to physical pressure or constraint
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Word DNA
RENITENCY inherits its ancestry from its root, RENITENCE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RENITENCE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RENITENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RENITENCY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEINNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start RENITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RENITENCY?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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