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RETINUE
Definition of RETINUE
noun
A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English retenue, from Old French retenue, past participle of retenir (“retain”). Doublet of ritenuto.
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.
RETINUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETINUE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEINRTU - 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 RETINU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found RETINUE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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