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RETAPE

6 letters

Definition of RETAPE

verb

To tape again.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From re- + tape.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RETAPE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its 2 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
37
First board
88
Latest board
51
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.

Built from these letters

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

RETAPE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 RETAPE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RETAPEDRETAPES

Could you have found RETAPE?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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