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ROMANTIC
Definition of ROMANTIC
adjective
Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.
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Where it comes from
From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROMANTIC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROMANTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ROMANTIC starts with R and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROMANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found ROMANTIC?
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