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RETREATING
Definition of RETREATING
verb
present participle and gerund of retreat
noun
The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant. The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position. Withdrawal by a military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
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Word DNA
RETREATING inherits its ancestry from its root, RETREAT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETREAT · 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.
RETREATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETREATING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGINRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and T appear more than once.
Words that start RETREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETREATING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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