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REUSE

/ɹiːˈjuːs/5 letters

Definition of REUSE

noun

The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From re- + use.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

REUSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 12 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
5
First board
118
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.

Built from these letters

REUSE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

REUSE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EERSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start REUSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

REUSEDREUSES

Could you have found REUSE?

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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.

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