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RETROACTED
Definition of RETROACTED
verb
simple past and past participle of retroact
RETROACT
verb
To act retrospectively or in opposition
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Word DNA
RETROACTED inherits its ancestry from its root, RETROACT.
How it is built
Same root, RETROACT · 2 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.
RETROACTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETROACTED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEORRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and T appear more than once.
Words that start RETROA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETROACTED?
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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