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RETRONYM
Definition of RETRONYM
noun
A new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique, or which did not originally have a specific name.
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Where it comes from
From retro- + -onym; coined by Frank Mankiewicz and popularized by William Safire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RETRONYM · 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.
RETRONYM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETRONYM starts with R and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EMNORRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RETRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETRONYM?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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