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REPAIR
Definition of REPAIR
verb
To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REPAIR · 4 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.
REPAIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
REPAIR starts with R and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEIPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REPAIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REPAIR?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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