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RETOOLING
Definition of RETOOLING
verb
present participle and gerund of retool
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From retool + -ing.
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.
RETOOLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETOOLING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start RETOOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found RETOOLING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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