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RETCONNED
Definition of RETCONNED
verb
past participle of retcon
noun
A fictional setting in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it.
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Word DNA
RETCONNED inherits its ancestry from its root, RETCON.
How it is built
Same root, RETCON · 2 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.
RETCONNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
RETCONNED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEENNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found RETCONNED?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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