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RETALIATE
Definition of RETALIATE
verb
To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
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Where it comes from
From Latin retāliātus, past participle of retāliō (“to requite, retaliate”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETALIATE · 8 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.
RETALIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RETALIATE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEILRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, T and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RETALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETALIATE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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