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RETRODICTS

10 letters

Definition of RETRODICTS

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of retrodict

RETRODICT

verb

To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.

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Word DNA

RETRODICTS 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
Withheld
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.

RETRODICTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its one board, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
138
First board
39
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.

First ever to find it

greengeckoking

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

Built from these letters

RETRODICTS
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

RETRODICTS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIORRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once.

Words that start RETROD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

RETRODRETRODDENRETRODICTRETRODICTEDRETRODICTINGRETRODICTIONRETRODICTIVERETRODICTIONS

Could you have found RETRODICTS?

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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