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RETOUCHING
Definition of RETOUCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of retouch
verb
To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
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Word DNA
RETOUCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, RETOUCH.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETOUCH · 3 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.
RETOUCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETOUCHING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGHINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RETOUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found RETOUCHING?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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