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RETINULA
Definition of RETINULA
noun
One of the group of pigmented cells that surround the retinophorae of invertebrates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin rētinula, diminutive of Medieval Latin rētina. By surface analysis, retin(a) + -ula.
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.
RETINULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RETINULA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEILNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 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 34
Could you have found RETINULA?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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