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RETRACING
Definition of RETRACING
verb
present participle and gerund of retrace
RETRACE
verb
To trace (a line, etc. in drawing) again.
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Word DNA
RETRACING inherits its ancestry from its root, RETRACE.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (907)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETRACE · 4 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.
RETRACING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETRACING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGINRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R 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 RETRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETRACING?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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