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RETACKLES
Definition of RETACKLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of retackle
RETACKLE
verb
To tackle again.
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Word DNA
RETACKLES inherits its ancestry from its root, RETACKLE.
How it is built
Same root, RETACKLE · 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.
RETACKLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
Built from these letters
RETACKLES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEKLRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start RETACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETACKLES?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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