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REVERT

/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)t/6 letters

Definition of REVERT

noun

One who, or that which, reverts.

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Where it comes from

From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,613)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, REVERT · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

REVERT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
154
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

maevee

on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

REVERT
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start REVERT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

REVERTSREVERTEDREVERTERREVERTANTREVERTERSREVERTINGREVERTIVEREVERTANTSREVERTIBLE

Could you have found REVERT?

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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.

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