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RETRAIN

/ɹiːˈtɹeɪn/7 letters

Definition of RETRAIN

verb

To train again; especially, to train or study in a new subject or job

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From re- + train.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundre-

Same root, RETRAIN · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

RETRAIN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
27
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

mike_pyrenees

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RETRAIN
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

RETRAIN starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start RETRAI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RETRAITRETRAICTRETRAINSRETRAITERETRAITSRETRAITTRETRAICTSRETRAINEDRETRAINEERETRAITESRETRAITTSRETRAINEES

Could you have found RETRAIN?

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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