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RETRACT
Definition of RETRACT
verb
To pull (something) back or back inside.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English retracten, retract (“to absorb, draw in”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), the perfect passive participle of Latin retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to bring back; to compel to turn back; to recall; to get back, recover; to hold back, restrain, withhold; to remove, take away; to bring to light again; (Late Latin) to delay”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + trahō (“to drag, pull; to extract, withdraw”). Doublet of retreat.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RETRACT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
RETRACT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACERRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once.
Words that start RETRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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