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REPLICANT
Definition of REPLICANT
adjective
replicative
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REPLICANT · 1 relative 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.
REPLICANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
REPLICANT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REPLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found REPLICANT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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