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RETICULA
Definition of RETICULA
noun
plural of reticulum
noun
A network. For example, the endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RETICULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETICULA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEILRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RETICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found RETICULA?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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