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RETRIBUTION
Definition of RETRIBUTION
noun
Punishment inflicted in the spirit of moral outrage or personal vengeance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin retribuere (“repay”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETRIBUTION · 1 relative 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.
RETRIBUTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RETRIBUTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BEIINORRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start RETRIBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETRIBUTION?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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