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RETAX
Definition of RETAX
verb
To tax again.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From re- + tax.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RETAX · 3 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.
RETAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RETAX starts with R and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AERTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RETAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found RETAX?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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