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RETSINA
Definition of RETSINA
noun
A Greek resinated white or rosé wine of a sort that has been produced for at least 2700 years.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Greek ρετσίνα (retsína), from Byzantine Greek ῥετσίνα (rhetsína), from Italian resina (“resin”). Doublet of resin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (561)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETSINA · 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.
RETSINA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETSINA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found RETSINA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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