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ROMANTICS
Definition of ROMANTICS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
ROMANTICS inherits its ancestry from its root, ROMANTIC.
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 (9,487)
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.
ROMANTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROMANTICS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROMANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ROMANTICS?
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