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LECTIONARY
Definition 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.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin lēctiōnārium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% 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.
LECTIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LECTIONARY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNORTY - 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 28
Could you have found LECTIONARY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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