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RETRODICTING

12 letters

Definition of RETRODICTING

verb

present participle and gerund of retrodict

RETRODICT

verb

To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.

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Word DNA

RETRODICTING inherits its ancestry from its root, RETRODICT.

How it is built

verbcompoundretro-

Same root, RETRODICT · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

RETRODICTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 151
Its one board, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
138
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

taohuayuan

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

RETRODICTING
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RETRODICTING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGIINORRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, T and I appear more than once.

Words that start RETRODIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RETRODICTRETRODICTSRETRODICTEDRETRODICTIONRETRODICTIVERETRODICTIONS

Could you have found RETRODICTING?

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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