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RESTAFF
Definition of RESTAFF
verb
To staff again or anew; to supply with new employees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + staff.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RESTAFF · 2 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.
RESTAFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESTAFF starts with R and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AEFFRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 RESTAF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESTAFF?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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