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RETINOLS
Definition of RETINOLS
noun
plural of retinol
noun
A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development.
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Word DNA
RETINOLS inherits its ancestry from its root, RETINA.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETINA · 7 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.
RETINOLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETINOLS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RETINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found RETINOLS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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