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GENUFLECT
Definition of GENUFLECT
verb
To bend the knee, as in servitude.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From around 1620–1630 from Medieval Latin genūflectō (“to bend the knee”) equivalent to the Latin genū (“knee”) + flectō (“to bend”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GENUFLECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GENUFLECT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEFGLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start GENUFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GENUFLECT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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