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RESPECIFY
Definition of RESPECIFY
verb
To specify again; to alter an earlier specification
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + specify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RESPECIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RESPECIFY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RESPEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESPECIFY?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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