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RETOURS
Definition of RETOURS
noun
plural of retour
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RETOUR · 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.
RETOURS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETOURS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EORRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RETOUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETOURS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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