The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
RETRONYMS
Definition of RETRONYMS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
RETRONYMS inherits its ancestry from its root, RETRONYM.
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.
RETRONYMS 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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
RETRONYMS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EMNORRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found RETRONYMS?
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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