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RETENE
Definition of RETENE
noun
A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “pine resin”) + -ene.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RETENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
RETENE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEENRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RETENE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETENE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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