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RETALIATIONS
Definition of RETALIATIONS
noun
plural of retaliation
noun
Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.
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Word DNA
RETALIATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, RETALIATE.
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 (26,276)
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.
RETALIATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETALIATIONS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEIILNORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, A and I appear more than once.
Words that start RETALIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETALIATIONS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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