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COLLECTANEA
Definition of COLLECTANEA
noun
A selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COLLECTANEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLLECTANEA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACCEELLNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, L, E and A appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COLLECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLLECTANEA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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