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RETICULATION

/ɹəˌtɪkjəˈleɪʃən/12 letters

Definition of RETICULATION

noun

A network of criss-crossing lines, strands, cables or pipes.

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Where it comes from

By surface analysis, reticule + -ation, or, by surface analysis, reticulate + -ion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

RETICULATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 106
Its one board, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lacuscurtius

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RETICULATION
12
Letters
6
Vowels
6
Consonants
10
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RETICULATION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILNORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.

Words that start RETICULA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found RETICULATION?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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