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REPLACE
Definition of REPLACE
verb
To restore to a former place, position, condition, etc.; to put back.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + place.
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.
REPLACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Built from these letters
REPLACE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEELPR - 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 REPLAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REPLACE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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