The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
LECTIONARIES
Definition of LECTIONARIES
noun
plural of lectionary
noun
A book or listing that contains a collection of scripture readings appointed for Christian or Jewish worship on a given day or occasion.
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Word DNA
LECTIONARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, LECTIONARY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LECTIONARY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LECTIONARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LECTIONARIES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIILNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LECTIONARIES?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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