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RETAKE

/ɹiːˈteɪk/6 letters

Definition of RETAKE

verb

To take something again.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From re- + take.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RETAKE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 6 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
32
First board
103
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

sstrick

on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RETAKE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RETAKE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEKRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start RETAKE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RETAKENRETAKERRETAKESRETAKERS

Could you have found RETAKE?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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