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LECTION
Definition of LECTION
noun
The act of reading.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Old French lection, from Latin lēctiōnem, form of lēctiō, from legō (“to read; to gather”). Doublet of lesson.
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.
LECTION in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 96 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LECTION starts with L and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LECTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found LECTION?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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