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RESOFTEN

8 letters

Definition of RESOFTEN

verb

To soften again.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From re- + soften.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RESOFTEN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
101
First board
10
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

franklin

on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RESOFTEN
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RESOFTEN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEFNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 RESOFT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RESOFTENSRESOFTENEDRESOFTENING

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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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.

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